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Open main menu ©Aah.Towfiqβ Search Edit Watch this page Read in another language Medicine This article is about the science of healing. For medicaments, see medication. For other uses, see Medicine (disambiguation). "Academic medicine" redirects here. For the journal, see Academic Medicine (journal). Medicine  is the science and practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatmentof illness. Contemporary medicine applies biomedical sciences, biomedical research, genetics, and medical technology to diagnose, treat, and prevent injury and disease, typically through pharmaceuticals or surgery, but also through therapies as diverse as psychotherapy, external splints and traction, medical devices, biologics, and ionizing radiation, amongst others. [1] Medicine Statue of Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine,