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A professional and advocacy group for U.S. nurses and their students who conduct research, educate others, or practice holistic nursing.  

A professional and advocacy group for U.S. physicians, osteopaths, and their students, who conduct research, educate others, or practice holistic medicine.  

An association of health care professionals interested in the problems of older adults. It encourages the study of geriatrics and stresses the importance of medical research in the field of aging.  

An association of physicians, scientists, and other individuals involved or interested in research on biological aging and associated diseases. Its purpose is to encourage and fund research on aging.  

The current name of the American Board of Medical Toxicology.  

An organization of health care professionals and scientists whose primary goals are to study and treat arthritis and other diseases of bones and joints. The organization also educates the public and the profession about rheumatological diseases and works as an advocate in the formulation of public policy pert, to the care of rheumatic and arthritic…

The professional association for respiratory care practitioners in the U.S.  

A U.S. -based association of clinical laboratory scientists including clinical chemists, microbiologists, pathologists, hematologists, and medical technologists.  

Congenital mental deficiency; mental retardation.