Outline of health explained
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to health:
Health - functional and metabolic efficiency of an organism. It is the ability to live long, function well (physically and mentally), and prosper.
Essence of personal health
- Homeostasis - property of a system in which variables are regulated so that internal conditions remain stable and relatively constant. Examples of homeostasis include the regulation of temperature and the balance between acidity and alkalinity (pH).
- Immunity
- Life - characteristic distinguishing physical entities having biological processes (such as signaling and self-sustaining processes) from those that do not, either because such functions have ceased (death), or because they lack such functions and are classified as inanimate.
- Mental health
- Physical fitness
- Survivability of the individual
- Wellness
Reproductive health
Reproductive health
Poor health
Illness
Absence of health
- Death - termination of all biological functions that sustain a living organism.
Health maintenance
Personal health maintenance
Self-care
Health maintenance of the masses
Health care
Health care industry
Health care industry
Public health
Public health
Health science
Health science
History of health
- Establishment of the World Health Organization
- History of the health care industry
- History of medicine
- History of public health
- Life expectancy over human history
- History of HIV
- History of pharmaceutical industry
- History of health care reform
- History of cancer
- History of environmental health
- History of genetics
- History of toxicology
- History of occupational health
- History of anthrax
- History of drug resistance
- History of antiretroviral therapy
- History of avian influenza
- History of cholera
Health education
Medical education
Health professionals
Medical schools and colleges
General
Country specific
See also
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