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Health Science
is the applied science dealing with health, and it includes many sub
disciplines. See also health science academic disciplines.
There are two approaches to health science: the study and research
of the human body and health-related issues to understand how humans
(and animals) function, and the application of that knowledge to
improve health and to prevent and cure diseases.
Health research builds upon the basic sciences of biology,
chemistry, and physics as well as a variety of multidisciplinary
fields (for example medical sociology). Some of the other primarily
research-oriented fields that make exceptionally significant
contributions to health science are biochemistry, epidemiology, and
genetics. See also life sciences and life science academic
disciplines.
Applied health sciences also endeavor to better understand health,
but in addition they try to directly improve the health of
individuals and of people in general. Some of these are: biomedical
engineering, biotechnology, nursing, nutrition, pharmacology,
pharmacy, public health, psychology, physical therapy, and medicine.
The provision of services to improve people's health is referred to
as health care (see below). See also branches of medicine.
The health sciences industry, a multi-billion dollar business
sector, is a cross-section of the life sciences and the health care
and medical diagnostics industries.
Medical research is basic and applied research conducted to improve
the evaluation of new treatments for both safety and efficacy in
what are termed clinical trials, or to develop new treatments
(referred to as preclinical research).
The increased longevity of humans over the past century is due in
large part to medical research. Among the major advancements in
medicine have been vaccines for measles and polio, insulin treatment
for diabetes, classes of antibiotics for treating a host of
maladies, medication for high blood pressure, improved treatments
for AIDS, statings and other treatments for atherosclerosis, new
surgical techniques such as microsurgery, and increasingly
successful treatments for cancer. New, beneficial tests and
treatments are expected as a result of the human genome project.
Many challenges remain, however, including the appearance of
antibiotic resistance and the obesity epidemic.
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