Medicine
Articles about health care, diseases, treatments and medical practice.
Keloid
Keloid: benign overgrowths of scar tissue
Ketamine
Ketamine: medical uses, effects, history, and risks
Ketosis
Kidney cancer
Kidney failure
Kidney failure (renal failure): overview, causes, diagnosis and treatment
Kidney stone disease
Kidney stone disease (urolithiasis): causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
Klinefelter syndrome
Klinefelter syndrome (47,XXY)
Koch's postulates
Koch's postulates: principles for linking microbes to disease
Kuru (disease)
Kuru: human prion disease linked to ritual cannibalism
Laminitis
Laryngeal cancer
Laryngeal cancer: overview, causes, diagnosis and treatment
Lassa fever
Lassa fever (Lassa haemorrhagic fever)
Latent autoimmune diabetes
Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA)
Laxative
Laxative: uses, types, effects, and safety
LD50
LD50 (Median Lethal Dose)
Lead poisoning
Left-handedness
Legionnaires' disease
Leiomyosarcoma
Leishmaniasis
Leprosy
Leprosy (Hansen's disease)
Leptospirosis
Leptospirosis (Weil's disease): causes, symptoms, transmission, and prevention
Lesion
Lesion: definition, types, causes, diagnosis and significance
Leukemia
Leukemia: overview, types, causes, diagnosis, and treatment
Lewy body
Light therapy
Linezolid
Liposarcoma
Liposarcoma: overview, types, diagnosis, and management
Liver cancer
Liver disease
Liver failure
Liver failure: causes, symptoms, diagnosis and management
Lobotomy
Lobotomy (Leucotomy): History, Procedure, Effects and Legacy
Lorazepam
Lorazepam: Uses, effects, pharmacology, and precautions
Lumbar puncture
Lumbar puncture (spinal tap): purpose, technique, risks and aftercare
Lung cancer
Lung cancer: overview, types, causes, diagnosis, treatment and prevention
Lung transplant
Lupus
Lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus and related conditions)
Lyme disease
Lymphogranuloma venereum
Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV): causes, signs, diagnosis and management
Lymphoma
Lymphoma: cancers of the lymphatic system
Mad cow disease
Magnetic resonance imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): Principles, Technology and Clinical Uses
Comprehensive overview of MRI: physical principles, system components, common clinical applications, historical milestones, and safety considerations for this radiation-free imagin
Malaise
Malaise: a clinical overview of general discomfort, causes, and care
Malaria
Male breast cancer
Male breast cancer: overview, causes, diagnosis and treatment
Malignant
Malignant (medicine): definition, characteristics, diagnosis and treatment
Malnutrition
Malnutrition: causes, types, effects and prevention
Mantoux test
Mantoux test: intradermal tuberculin skin test for tuberculosis screening