11 Facts About Conventional medicine

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Contemporary Conventional medicine applies biomedical sciences, biomedical research, genetics, and medical technology to diagnose, treat, and prevent injury and disease, typically through pharmaceuticals or surgery, but through therapies as diverse as psychotherapy, external splints and traction, medical devices, biologics, and ionizing radiation, amongst others.

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Contemporary Conventional medicine is in general conducted within health care systems.

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Dentistry, while considered by some a separate discipline from Conventional medicine, is a medical field.

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At present, some specialties of Conventional medicine do not fit easily into either of these categories, such as radiology, pathology, or anesthesia.

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Internal Conventional medicine is the medical specialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases.

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In general, resident work hours in Conventional medicine are less than those in surgery, averaging about 60 hours per week in the US.

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The Huangdi Neijing, the progenitor of Chinese Conventional medicine, is a medical text written beginning in the 2nd century BCE and compiled in the 3rd century.

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The Hebrew contribution to the development of modern Conventional medicine started in the Byzantine Era, with the physician Asaph the Jew.

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Conventional medicine wrote The Canon of Medicine which became a standard medical text at many medieval European universities, considered one of the most famous books in the history of medicine.

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Veterinary Conventional medicine was, for the first time, truly separated from human Conventional medicine in 1761, when the French veterinarian Claude Bourgelat founded the world's first veterinary school in Lyon, France.

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Evidence-based Conventional medicine is a contemporary movement to establish the most effective algorithms of practice through the use of systematic reviews and meta-analysis.

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