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Heal the World
"Heal the World" is a 1991 Michael Jackson pop ballad from the album Dangerous, released as a single on 22 November 1992; UK peak number 2, it lent its name to his Heal The World Foundation.
Healdia
Healdia (type species Healdia simplex) is an extinct genus of small ostracod crustaceans in the family Healdiidae, named by Roundy in 1926 from Carboniferous Texas, with a fossil record from the Paleozoic into the Early Jurassic.
Healed venous leg ulcer
Healed venous leg ulcer: a venous stasis ulcer whose skin has fully re-epithelialized. Recurrence reaches 50-70% within five years; prevention relies on compression stockings, leg elevation, and ablation of superficial venous reflux.
Healer (힐러) (TV series)
Healer (힐러) is a 2014–2015 KBS2 South Korean action-romance thriller, 20 episodes, written by Song Ji-na, starring Ji Chang-wook as night courier "Healer", Park Min-young, and Yoo Ji-tae, uncovering a 1980s conspiracy; modest domestic ratings but major international streaming success.
Healfdene
Healfdene ('Half-Dane') is the legendary Danish Scylding king of Beowulf, father of Heorogar, Hrothgar, Halga, and an unnamed daughter, also known from Scandinavian tradition; distinct from the ninth-century Viking leader Hálfdan who died in Ireland in 877.
Healing
Healing, or wound healing, is the biological repair process of hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling; impaired healing yields chronic wounds treated with debridement, dressings, compression, and advanced therapies.
Healing Surf
Healing Surf (힐링서프) is a South Korean surf school and shop brand run by a KSL pro surfer at Dadaepo Beach, Busan, with a same-name shop in Yangyang, Gangwon, offering beginner lessons and rentals.
HEALIVE
HEALIVE (孩尔来福) is Sinovac's inactivated hepatitis A vaccine using the TZ84 strain in 2BS human diploid cells; China-approved 2002, WHO-prequalified 2017, two-dose pediatric 250 U and adult 500 U schedule.
Health
Human health: the WHO-defined state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not merely absence of disease. Covers determinants (social, environmental, commercial), measurement, health assessments, and 2026 global SDG status.
Health (band)
HEALTH (Health, the band) is a Los Angeles noise rock/industrial band formed in 2005 by Jake Duzsik, John Famiglietti, B.J. Miller, and Jupiter Keyes; known for The Smell, the Crimewave remix, Max Payne 3, Rat Wars, and Conflict DLC.
Health administration
Health administration: leadership and management of healthcare organizations by medical and health services managers (healthcare executives). Covers MHA/MBA/FACHE credentials, 640,400 US jobs at $123,860 median pay, 15–30% administrative cost share, and multi-payer versus single-payer differences.
Health affairs
Health Affairs is a monthly peer-reviewed health policy journal founded in 1981 by Project HOPE's William B. Walsh with editor John K. Iglehart; since late 2025 published by Health Affairs Publishing, LLC, with companion journal Health Affairs Scholar.
Health and appearance of Michael Jackson
Health and appearance of Michael Jackson: the pop star's vitiligo and lupus diagnoses, 1984 Pepsi scalp burns, depigmentation with Benoquin, plastic surgery, and his 2009 death and autopsy findings.
Health and human rights
Health and human rights: interdisciplinary field linking health and human rights law, rooted in ICESCR Article 12 and General Comment 14, launched by Jonathan Mann and the journal Health and Human Rights (1994).
Health and Retirement Study
The Health and Retirement Study, run by the University of Michigan since 1992, surveys about 20,000 Americans over age 50 every two years on health, work, income, and wealth.
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, also known as the Health and Safety at Work Act, is a British statute placing workplace safety duties on employers.
Health and Safety Executive
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is Britain's national regulator for workplace health and safety, formed on 1 January 1975 under the Health and Safety at Work Act.
Health and welfare of military animals
The health and welfare of military animals, chiefly working dogs, is governed by military veterinary services and statute, covering medical care, retirement, adoption, and euthanasia.
Health at Every Size
Health at Every Size (HAES) is a weight-neutral health approach trademarked by ASDAH, founded 2003, with five principles including weight inclusivity; trial evidence shows behavioral and psychosocial gains comparable to weight-loss programs.
Health belief model
Health belief model (HBM): behavior change framework from 1950s US Public Health Service (Hochbaum, Rosenstock) with six constructs: susceptibility, severity, benefits, barriers, cues to action, self-efficacy; widely used for screening and vaccination research.
Health Canada
Health Canada (Santé Canada), the federal health department established by 1996 legislation, regulates drugs, medical devices, food, pesticides, tobacco, and consumer products and stewards the Canada Health Act within the Health Portfolio.
Health care
Health care: organized prevention, treatment, and management of disease within a health system. Covers universal health coverage, primary health care, Bismarck-era origins, and Commonwealth Fund and OECD performance comparisons where the U.S. ranks last.
Health Care Costs
Health care costs are the actual expenses of providing health care services, including procedures, therapies, and medications. US national health spending reached $5.3 trillion in 2024.
Health care in Australia
Health care in Australia: a mixed public-private system built on Medicare, universal health insurance since 1984 (preceded by Medibank, 1975). Life expectancy 83 years; spending $7,469 per capita USD PPP, 10.3% of GDP; 200.3 million subsidised primary care services in 2024-25.
Health care in France
Health care in France: universal statutory health insurance (SHI, PUMa since 2016) covering all legal residents, funded by payroll taxes, CSG, and taxes, supplemented by complementary insurance (96% coverage), with high spending, medical deserts, and workforce shortages as main challenges.
Health Care Reform
Health care reform is the critical review and modification of a health system, reorganizing delivery and insurance to serve the uninsured, elderly, and indigent; the Affordable Care Act of 2010 is the major U.S. example.
Health care system in Japan
Japan's health care system: universal mandatory public insurance (Employees' Health Insurance, National Health Insurance) since 1961, uniform national fee schedule, 10-30% coinsurance, plus Long-Term Care Insurance since 2000; 10.7% of GDP spending, no GP gatekeeping.
Health Care, Failure to Rescue
Failure to rescue (FTR), also failure-to-rescue, a healthcare quality measure defined as death after a postoperative complication, introduced by Silber in 1992; linked to nursing staffing, ICU capacity, teaching status, and hospital size.
Health Catalyst, Inc.
Health Catalyst, Inc. is an American healthcare data and analytics company founded in 2008 and headquartered in South Jordan, Utah, trading on Nasdaq under the ticker HCAT.
Health Catchment Area
Health catchment area (health service area): the geographic population a health facility or program serves, used as its denominator. Defined by utilisation, travel-time, fixed-radius, Voronoi, or 2SFCA gravity methods.