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MEDICINE & HEALTH SCIENCES (Code: ME)

The science of diagnosing, treating, or preventing disease and other damage to the body or mind.

**Subcategories:** Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology Genetics Molecular Biology of Diseases Physiology and Pathophysiology

**EPID Epidemiology** - The study of the causes, distribution, and control of disease in populations. Epidemiologists, using sophisticated statistical analyses, field investigations, and complex laboratory techniques, investigate the cause of a disease, its distribution (geographic, ecological, and ethnic), method of spread, and measures for control and prevention. **GENE Genetics** - The study of heredity, especially the mechanisms of hereditary transmission and the variation of inherited traits among similar or related organisms. **MOLE Molecular Biology of Diseases** - The study of diseases at the molecular level. **PHYS Physiology and Pathophysiology** - The science of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of normal tissues or organs. Pathophysiology is the study of the disturbance of normal mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions that a disease causes, or that which causes the disease.
 * DIS Disease Diagnosis and Treatment ** - The act or process of identifying or determining the nature and cause of a disease or injury through evaluation of patient history, examination, and review of laboratory data. Administration or application of remedies to a patient or for a disease or injury; medicinal or surgical management; therapy.

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