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Dealing with cancers
Oncology
The aging process
Gerontology
Diseases and the changes they cause
Pathology
Heart disease
Cardiology
Pregnancy and child birth
Obstetrics
Factors determining the frequency of health related conditions
Epidomology
Children and their diseases
Pediatrics
Body’s resistance to infectious diseases
Immunology
Skin and its diseases
Dermatology
nervous system and its disorders
necrology
drugs and their uses in treatment of disease
pharmacology
muscular and skeletal system problems
orthopedics
poisonous substances
toxicology
X rays and radioactive substances
radiology
cytology
cells
blood and blood diseases
hematology
hormones and hormone secreting glands
endocrinology
female reproductive system
gynecology
eye and eye diseases
ophthalmology
care a treatment of the feet
podiatry
ears nose and throat specialist
otobryngology
diseases and disorders relating to the kidney
nephrology
diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the colon, rectum or anus
gastroenterology
urinary tract and organs of the urogenital system
urology
specifically deals in drawing of the blood
phlebotomy
mental health
psychiatry
P.T
physical therapist
R.N
register nurse
M.D
medical doctor
E.M.T
emergency technical technician
D.M.D
doctor of dental medicine
P.A
physician assistant
O.T
occupational therapist
L.P.N
licensed practical nurse
D.V.M
doctor of veteran medicine