Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.

The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. It collects materials in all major areas of the health ...

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Med·i·cine n. [L. medicina (sc. ars ), fr. medicinus medical, fr. medicus : cf. F. médecine

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

The eMedicine point-of-care clinical reference features up-to-date, searchable, peer-reviewed medical articles organized in specialty-focused textbooks, and is continuously updated ...

Collection of sites for health professionals, with sections on specific disciplines, organizations, continuing education, conferences, publications, and services.

Modern-day physicians still strive to abide by the ancient phrase "first, do no harm." It follows, then, that those who fail to live up to this phrase should be eligible for a more ...