### science | medicine | epidemiology:

Clinical epidemiology
* evaluates factors that are related to variation in the outcomes of illness.
* is the application of epidemiological methods to clinical decision making
  - study of the nature of health-related states in patients with disease
* relatively new concept for sleep medicine.

Molecular epidemiology
* applies the techniques of molecular biology to epidemiologic studies.
* improves precision in analytical studies.

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Expectorant
* Drink lots of fluids.
* Most expectorants increase secretions through reflex irritation of the bronchial mucosa.
* also liquify thick mucous by increasing the amount of fresh respiratory secretions.
* are a logical part of therapy for a variety of respiratory tract conditions
  - cough medicine
  - especially important to take if a person is or needs to cough up mucus
  - medication
* generally contain ingredients that thin mucus secretions called mucolytics.
* help loosen and expel mucus secretions from the airways.
* help loosen mucus in the lungs so it can be coughed up and expelled
  - throat and make coughing more productive
* help thin airway mucus, making it easier to clear the mucus by coughing
  - mucus so it can be coughed up more easily
* is medicine
* loosen up phlegm and make it easier to cough up.
* trigger the cough reflex to help get mucus up out of the throat and chest.
* usually contain guaifenesin and are supposed to help loosen mucus.
* work best when taken with plenty of water.

Folk medicine
* advises cranberry juice for urinary infections and kidney stones.
* has long touted ginger as an effective aid to proper digestion.
* is considered by many to be less harmful than chemical medication.

Functional medicine
* complement and extension to traditional pathology based medicine.
* provides the foundation for understanding and using bioenergetics.

Gastroenterology
* Gastroenterologies are medicine.
* contains information directly pertinent to the specialty of gastroenterology.
* is an intricate mixture of psychiatry, medicine, and surgery
  - the branch of medicine concerned with diseases of the digestive system

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Gemfibrozil
* belongs to a class of drugs called fibrates.
* can also cause gastrointestinal disturbances.
* drug used to lower cholesterol and triglycerides in people with high cholesterol.
* fibric acid antilipemic agent similar to clofibrate.
* is indicated primarily when triglycerides are elevated
  - only part of a total cholesterol-lowering program
  - related to clofibrate, which has been associated with gallbladder disease
  - the drug of choice for therapy
* potentiates the action of coumarin and indanedione anticoagulants.
* white solid which is stable under ordinary conditions.

Geriatric medicine
* discipline that focuses on the medical care of the elderly.
* has to date focused on dealing with chronic and acute conditions in the elderly.
* is especially important given the phenomenon of aging populations.

Gynecology
* Gynecologies are medicine.
* involves examination, diagnosis and treatment of women's health related problems.
* is medicine
* refers to the care and treatment of the female reproductive system.

Hematology
* Hematologies are medicine.
* helps diagnose disorders of blood and blood clotting systems.
* includes the studies of blood, blood forming tissues, and coagulation phenomena.
  - the scientific study of blood and blood-forming tissues
* is the study of blood cells and blood coagulation, which relate to hematopathology

Heparin
* are blood thinner
  - drugs
  - sugar
* preserves nitric oxide activity in coronary endothelium during ischemia-reperfusion injury.
* works by direct effect on the coagulation cascade and provides good anticoagulation
  - immediately and stops working quickly after being stopped