Contemporary Modern 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 Modern medicine is in general conducted within health care systems.
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Dentistry, while considered by some a separate discipline from Modern medicine, is a medical field.
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At present, some specialties of Modern medicine do not fit easily into either of these categories, such as radiology, pathology, or anesthesia.
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Internal Modern 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 Modern medicine are less than those in surgery, averaging about 60 hours per week in the US.
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Early records on medicine have been discovered from ancient Egyptian medicine, Babylonian Medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, classical Chinese medicine, and ancient Greek medicine and Roman medicine.
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The Huangdi Neijing, the progenitor of Chinese Modern medicine, is a medical text written beginning in the 2nd century BCE and compiled in the 3rd century.
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Evidence-based Modern 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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