The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to health: Health has a variety of definitions which have been used for different purposes over time and is a multidimensional concept. It commonly refers to physical and emotional well-being. Good health is associated with normal functioning of the human body in day to day life, absent of disease, pain (including mental pain), or injury.
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
Reproductive rights Men's health Women's health Vulvovaginal health Maternal health Breastfeeding Family planning Fertility Infertility Birth control Sex education Safer sex Disorders Sexually transmitted disease Sexual dysfunction Reproductive medicine Andrology Gynaecology Obstetrics and gynaecology
Poor health Illness
Disability Disease Injury Muscle weakness Mental disorder Susceptibility to the above
Absence of health Death – termination of all biological functions that sustain a living organism.
Health maintenance
Personal health maintenance Self-care
Exercise General fitness training Healthy diet Hygiene Life extension Self-medication Nootropics Nutrients Nutrition Positive mental attitude Sleep hygiene Stress management Smoking cessation (quitting smoking) Vitamins Weight loss
Health maintenance of the masses Health care
Health care industry Health care industry
Public health Public health
Health observatory World Health Organization Category:Ministries of health Global health
Health science Health science
10/90 gap Disease Medicine Sleep Stress (medicine)
History of health Establishment of the World Health Organization History of medicine Life expectancy over human history History of anthrax History of antiretroviral therapy History of avian influenza History of cancer History of cholera History of drug resistance History of environmental health History of genetics History of health care reform History of HIV History of occupational safety and health History of pharmaceutical industry History of public health History of the healthcare industry History of toxicology
Health education
Medical education Nursing school Medical school List of medical schools School of public health Dental school Pharmacy school
Health professionals List of clinical psychologists List of dentists List of dermatologists List of fictional medical examiners List of immunologists List of members of the National Academy of Sciences (medical genetics, hematology, and oncology) List of members of the National Academy of Sciences (medical physiology and metabolism) List of members of the National Academy of Sciences (physiology and pharmacology) List of members of the National Academy of Sciences (psychological and cognitive sciences) List of neurologists and neurosurgeons List of Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine List of nurses List of pathologists List of people in alternative medicine List of pharmacists List of physicians List of psychiatrists List of psychologists List of psychologists on postage stamps
Medical schools and colleges
General List of medical schools List of optometry schools List of osteopathic colleges List of pharmacy schools List of Seventh-day Adventist medical schools
Country specific List of dental schools in Australia List of medical schools in Australia List of medical colleges in Bangladesh List of medical schools in Canada List of medical schools in Egypt List of medical colleges in India List of colleges of nursing in the Philippines List of medical colleges in Rajasthan List of medical schools in Syria List of dental schools in the United Kingdom List of medical schools in the United Kingdom List of historical medical schools in the United Kingdom List of pharmacy schools in the United Kingdom List of dental schools in the United States List of medical schools in the United States List of medical specialty colleges in the United States
See also
Human enhancement Quality of life
External links
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA) National Center for Health Statistics (USA) National Institute of Health (USA) National Library of Medicine PubMed Journal Search European Agency for Safety and Health at Work EU-OSHA The Public Health Portal of the European Union World Health Organization