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EuroSIDA study
EuroSIDA is a prospective observational cohort study, started in 1994 and run from CHIP, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, following over 24,500 adults with HIV in 118 clinics across 39 countries, Israel, and Argentina, studying long-term ART outcomes.
EVENTIDE study
EVENTIDE (NCT06661044) is a University of Aberdeen observational study testing how inulin, pectin, and hemp hull fibers plus fecal microbiota transplants from men over 60 alter mouse gut bacteria and prostate tumor growth.
Evolution trial
Evolution trial (WJOG11819L), a Japanese phase 2 single-arm study (NCT04153734) of pembrolizumab plus platinum chemotherapy without radiotherapy in 21 patients with unresectable stage III PD-L1-high NSCLC; 2-year PFS 67%, median OS 44.4 months.
EXAMINE trial
EXAMINE (Examination of Cardiovascular Outcomes with Alogliptin versus Standard of Care), NCT00968708, was Takeda's 5,380-patient noninferiority trial showing the DPP-4 inhibitor alogliptin did not increase cardiovascular events in type 2 diabetes after acute coronary syndrome.
Expedited partner therapy
Expedited partner therapy (EPT) is the practice of treating the sex partners of patients with chlamydia or gonorrhea by giving the patient medication or prescriptions for the partners without examining them.
Eye (institution)
Eye (journal of ophthalmology, formerly Transactions of the Ophthalmological Societies of the United Kingdom) is a bimonthly Springer Nature peer-reviewed ophthalmology journal in London, ISSN 0950-222X, JIF 4.4 (2025), partnered with the Royal College of Ophthalmologists.
Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic
Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic: cloth, surgical, and N95/FFP2 coverings used for source control and wearer protection against SARS-CoV-2. Key evidence includes the Bangladesh cluster trial (~9% reduction) and Cochrane 2023 (little or no community effect).
FallT2DMOLD trial
FallT2DMOLD (NCT06345118) is a randomized controlled trial at Vietnam's National Geriatric Hospital testing the 24-week Otago Exercise Program against standard care in 80 older adults with type 2 diabetes, measuring falls, TUG, and Berg Balance Scale.
FAME trial (NCT03709147)
FAME trial (NCT03709147): phase II Milan trial testing metformin with or without fasting-mimicking diet added to platinum-pemetrexed chemoimmunotherapy for advanced LKB1-inactive lung adenocarcinoma; terminated for low recruitment.
Family Planning Services
Family planning services: organized health services for contraceptive counseling, provision, and infertility care. Key facts: 874 million modern contraceptive users, 164 million unmet need; US Title X (1970) and Medicaid; 1.3 million US unintended pregnancies prevented annually.
Farees (Fary) Khan
Farees (Fary) Khan is an Australian rehabilitation medicine physician who directs Rehabilitation Services at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and was elected to the United States National Academy of Medicine.
Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources
Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR, "fire") is HL7's open API-based standard for exchanging health data via modular resources and RESTful interfaces. First presented 2012; R5 (2023) has 157 resource types; FHIR R4 is mandated for US ONC certification.
FAST study
FAST study (French Prospective Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Cohort Study, NCT02511158): a single-center prospective Paris cohort begun 2012 following knee ligament reconstruction patients for re-tear, function, and 20-year osteoarthritis outcomes.
FAST-MI 2010 study
FAST-MI 2010 was a nationwide French registry of 4169 heart attack patients in 213 centers, conducted by the French Society of Cardiology and followed for up to 10 years.
FAWD study
The FAWD study (Factors Associated With Dermatoporosis) was a Mexican cross-sectional study that found dermatoporosis in 29% of 315 patients over 60, linked to age, sun exposure, and anticoagulants.
FCLADHAAASDFSQ trial
FCLADHAAASDFSQ (NCT07376148) is a phase 4, single-group, open-label trial at Instituto de Oftalmología Fundación Conde de Valenciana, Mexico City, testing topical hyaluronic acid, ascorbic acid, and sodium DNA after fractional CO2 laser for photoaged facial skin in 30 participants, with SASSQ as the primary outcome.
Fecal–oral route
Fecal–oral route: indirect disease transmission in which pathogens exit in feces and enter a new host by mouth via food, water, fingers, flies, fields, or fomites; drives cholera, hepatitis A, norovirus.
Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices
BfArM (Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte), Germany's federal institute for drugs and medical devices in Bonn: authorizes medicines, assesses device and drug risks, monitors narcotics, works with EMA.
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin, BAuA): Germany's federal departmental research institute for occupational safety and health, based in Dortmund and Berlin, advising BMAS and BMUKN and operating DASA.
Federal Ministry of Health
Federal Ministry of Health (Bundesministerium für Gesundheit, BMG), Germany's supreme federal health authority in Bonn and Berlin since 1961; drafts health legislation, oversees RKI, PEI, BfArM, and BIÖG; minister Dr. Carsten Linnemann since July 29, 2026.
Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection
The Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection (Bundesministerium für Soziales, Gesundheit, Pflege und Konsumentenschutz) is Austria's federal ministry for health, social policy, and consumer protection.
Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki
Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (FETHA), now Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, is a federal tertiary hospital in Ebonyi State, Nigeria, founded in the 1930s as a WWII casualty post and upgraded to a teaching hospital in December 2011.
Federally Qualified Health Center
Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), also called community health center: US clinic funded under Section 330 of the PHS Act serving medically underserved areas, with sliding-fee-scale care, patient-majority boards, and Medicaid/Medicare prospective payment; look-alikes meet the same rules without grants.
Fee Schedules
A fee schedule is a listing of established charges for professional services that a payer uses to set reimbursement in Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance.
Fee-for-Service Plans
Fee-for-service plans pay providers per individual service delivered; the term covers indemnity health insurance and Medicare Advantage Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans, which offer broad provider choice without prior authorization.
Feel4Diabetes trial
The Feel4Diabetes trial was an EU-funded, cluster-randomized trial that gave vulnerable families in six European countries school- and community-based counseling and text messages to prevent type 2 diabetes.
Fees and Charges
Fees and Charges is a MeSH descriptor (D005249, introduced 1968) covering amounts charged to patients as payers for health care services, with child terms for capitation, fee-for-service, hospital, dental, medical, and pharmaceutical charges.
Female urinal
Female urinal: fixed or hand-held device letting women urinate standing or squatting, also called She-Pee, Lapee, or PEEQUAL units. Used at festivals, schools, and hospitals; urinals are 6x faster than toilet carts, cutting women's 34x-longer queues.
FIGARO-DKD trial
FIGARO-DKD (NCT02545049), a phase III Bayer-funded trial of finerenone in 7,437 patients with type 2 diabetes and CKD, showed a 13% cardiovascular composite reduction (HR 0.87) and fed the FIDELITY pooled analysis.
FIND trial (NCT04388280)
FIND (NCT04388280), Functional and Anatomic Imaging Versus No Testing in Asymptomatic High-risk Diabetic Patients, a Clinical Centre of Serbia randomized trial comparing stress echocardiography with CFR and strain, CT angiography, and no testing at 1 and 3 years.