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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to health:

Health – functional and metabolic efficiency of an organism. It is the ability to live long, function well (physically and mentally), and prosper.

Essence of personal health[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Illness

Disability
Disease
Injury
Muscle weakness
Mental disorder
Susceptibility to the above

Absence of health[edit]

Death – termination of all biological functions that sustain a living organism.

Health maintenance[edit]

Personal health maintenance[edit]

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[edit]

Health care

Health care industry[edit]

Health care industry

Public health[edit]

Public health

Health observatory
World Health Organization
Category:Health ministries
Global health

Health science[edit]

Health science

10/90 gap
Disease
Medicine
Sleep
Stress

History of health[edit]

Establishment of the World Health Organization
History of the health care industry
History of medicine
History of public health
Life expectancy over human history
History of HIV
History of pharmaceutical industry
History of health care reform
History of cancer
History of environmental health
History of genetics
History of toxicology
History of occupational health
History of anthrax
History of drug resistance
History of antiretroviral therapy
History of avian influenza
History of cholera

Health education[edit]

Medical education[edit]

Nursing school
Medical school
- List of medical schools
School of public health
Dental school
Pharmacy school

Health professionals[edit]

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 (Psychology)
List of neurologists
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 figures in psychiatry
List of psychologists
- List of psychologists on postage stamps

Medical schools and colleges[edit]

General[edit]

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[edit]

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