CZ:Health Sciences Workgroup

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Health Sciences Workgroup
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The purpose of the Health Sciences Workgroup is to coordinate the community of experts and non-experts alike on improving Citizendium articles related to the health sciences, including the practice of medicine and the allied health sciences. All people are invited to help out! Authors interested in this workgroup can add Category:Health Sciences Authors to their user page. Don't forget to look at our forum!

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Current members

Editors

• User:Robert Badgett
• User:Gareth Leng
• User:Peter A. Lipson
• User:Ulises Ruiz
• User:Supten Sarbadhikari
• User:Anthony.Sebastian
• User:Andy Wongworawat

Authors

• User:Stefano Bartoletti
• User:Howard C. Berkowitz
• User:Aric S. Campling (talk pages only so far)
• User:Thomas Simmons
• User:Mikael Häggström
• User:Oliver Hauss
• User:Tom Kelly
• User:Trevor Walker (no edits so far, but only registered in August)
• User:Matti Weckström (only one edit)
• User:Greg Woodhouse
• User:David E. Volk
• User: Ditza Katz
• User: Pierre-Alain Gouanvic
• User: Michael Benjamin

Articles

Click on the [r] after the first definition below to edit this list of transcluded subtopics.

• Health science [r]: The helping professions that use applied science to improve health and to treat disease. ^[e]

• Medicine [r]: The study of health and disease of the human body. ^[e]
• Surgery [r]: Field of medicine that focuses on operative treatments of the body. ^[e]

Which articles do we need?

Core articles

Core articles are those that are as-yet unwritten and so should be prioritised. Please start articles on the topics below. Click here to edit this transcluded list.

Acid-base physiology (human): Add brief definition or description Adrenocorticotropic Hormone: Add brief definition or description Albinism: Add brief definition or description Arterial system: Add brief definition or description Bone: Add brief definition or description Capillary: Add brief definition or description Collagen: Add brief definition or description Digestion: Add brief definition or description Down syndrome: Add brief definition or description Egg (biology): Add brief definition or description Endocrine system: Add brief definition or description Genetic fingerprint: Add brief definition or description Immune system: Add brief definition or description Intestine: Add brief definition or description Karyotype: Add brief definition or description Klinefelter syndrome: Add brief definition or description Lung: Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood. [e]

Muscle: Animal tissue type to generate power for locomotion. [e] Non disjunction: Add brief definition or description Organ (anatomy): Add brief definition or description Protease inhibitors: Add brief definition or description Reproductive system: Add brief definition or description Respiration (physiology): Add brief definition or description Skeleton: Add brief definition or description Sperm: Add brief definition or description Testes: Add brief definition or description Tumor: Add brief definition or description Turner syndrome: Add brief definition or description Viral diseases: Add brief definition or description

Here are some indications of the articles that internet users especially want:

Most popular search terms from Lycos

Most popular search terms from Lycos

Top Ailments	Top Cancers	Top Dental Terms	Top Organs
Cancer Diabetes mellitus AIDS Multiple Sclerosis Autism Arthritis Herpes Stress Lupus Dyslexia	Breast cancer Lung cancer Leukemia Skin cancer Prostate cancer Lymphoma Testicular cancer Ovarian cancer Cervical cancer Liver cancer Bone cancer	dentists cosmetic dentistry teeth whitening teeth wisdom teeth braces dentistry dentures root canal	Heart Brain Liver Eyes Gall Bladder Pancreas Lungs Stomach Kidneys Spleen

WebMD Top Health topics

"WebMD Editors determine the topics and placement on (their) lists..." Information from www.webmd.com from 5/10/07

Men Crohn’s Disease Lyme Disease Sleep Problems Tick Bites Poison Ivy/Oak Cholesterol Heart Murmur Malaria Diabetes Lung Cancer Sun Poisoning Heart Disease

Women Pregnancy Genital Warts Uterine Cancer Missed Period Back Pain Breast Cancer Sleep Apnea Yeast Infections Stretch Marks Multiple Sclerosis Chronic Fatigue Dizziness

Children Tick Bites Fifth Disease ADD/ADHD Poison Ivy/Oak Spider Bite Sleep Time Leukemia Ringworm Allergies Cavities Mononucleosis Strep Throat

Workgroup Spotlight

If you are interested in seeing a particular article in this section being created, improved, or reviewed, feel free to add them to this list.

• Myocardial infarction
• hypertension
• diabetes
• obesity
• Cancer
• Stroke
• Infant growth and development
• deafness
• Contraception
• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
• HIV
• Sexually transmitted disease

1. Nursing process

Tools to help health science editing

Writing tools

• Diberri citation tool
• WikEd add on for FireFox browser. This provides color coding to the wiki markup while it is being edited.

Templates

• Template:Infobox Disease
  • Example of use: Breast cancer
• Template:DailyMed (Food and Drug Administration approved drug labels)
  • Example of use: Warfarin (see external links section)
• Template:ICD9
  • Not needed if Template:Infobox Disease used.
• Template:MedlinePlus
  • Example of use: Allergic rhinitis
• Template:MedMaster (Patient Drug Information)
  • Example of use: Doxycycline
• Template:MeSH
  • Example of use: Biogenic amine receptor
• Template:MW-MedicalDictionary
  • Example of use: Symptom
• Template:PubMedCentral
• Template:DrugBank
  • Example of use: see Ketoconazole