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  2. Natural history of disease - Wikipedia

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    The natural history of disease is the course a disease takes in individual people from its pathological onset ("inception") until its resolution (either through complete recovery or eventual death). [1] The inception of a disease is not a firmly defined concept. [1] The natural history of a disease is sometimes said to start at the moment of ...

  3. Disease - Wikipedia

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    A secondary disease is a disease that is a sequela or complication of a prior, causal disease, which is referred to as the primary disease or simply the underlying cause . For example, a bacterial infection can be primary, wherein a healthy person is exposed to bacteria and becomes infected, or it can be secondary to a primary cause, that ...

  4. Naturalistic disease theories - Wikipedia

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    George Foster explains naturalistic disease theory as following an "equilibrium model" in which health results from ideal balances of well being appropriate to one's age, condition, and environment. Imbalances in these systems result in illness through impersonal and systematic mechanisms. [1] One example of a naturalistic disease theory is the ...

  5. Pathophysiology - Wikipedia

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    CSF/S alb = 7.5. CSF/S glu = 0.6. Pathophysiology (or physiopathology) is a branch of study, at the intersection of pathology and physiology, concerning disordered physiological processes that cause, result from, or are otherwise associated with a disease or injury. Pathology is the medical discipline that describes conditions typically ...

  6. Disease management (health) - Wikipedia

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    History. Disease management has evolved from managed care, specialty capitation, and health service demand management, and refers to the processes and people concerned with improving or maintaining health in large populations. It is concerned with common chronic illnesses, and the reduction of future complications associated with those diseases.

  7. Developmental origins of health and disease - Wikipedia

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    Developmental origins of health and disease. (Redirected from Developmental Origins of Health and Disease) Developmental origins of health and disease ( DOHaD) is an approach to medical research factors that can lead to the development of human diseases during early life development. These factors include the role of prenatal and perinatal ...

  8. Rare disease - Wikipedia

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    A rare disease is a disease that affects a small percentage of the population. In some parts of the world, the term orphan disease describes a rare disease whose rarity results in little or no funding or research for treatments, without financial incentives from governments or other agencies. Orphan drugs are medications targeting orphan ...

  9. Course (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    The course of a disease, also called its natural history, [3] is the development of the disease in a patient, including the sequence and speed of the stages and forms they take. [4] Typical courses of diseases include: chronic. recurrent or relapsing. subacute: somewhere between an acute and a chronic course.