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Sandfly fever
Sandfly fever (pappataci fever, three-day fever): sand fly-transmitted phlebovirus disease caused by Sicilian, Naples, and Toscana viruses; Toscana virus is a leading cause of summer meningitis in the Mediterranean.
Sandhoff disease
Sandhoff disease (GM2 gangliosidosis type II, O variant) is a rare autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder caused by HEXB variants, deficient hexosaminidase A and B, GM2 ganglioside accumulation, and infantile, juvenile, and adult forms.
Sandifer syndrome
Sandifer syndrome: rare GERD complication in infants and young children causing paroxysmal dystonic neck, back, and head posturing that mimics seizures; resolves with antireflux treatment.
Sandip Ghosh
Sandip Ghosh, ex-principal of RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata, resigned after the 2024 trainee doctor rape-murder, was arrested by the CBI on corruption charges, and later got Supreme Court bail.
Sandplay therapy
Sandplay therapy, also known as Jungian or Kalffian sandplay, is a nonverbal psychotherapy in which clients arrange miniature figures in a sand tray to express inner experience.
Sandra Lee (dermatologist)
Sandra Lee, aka Dr. Pimple Popper, is an American board-certified dermatologist in Upland, California, whose extraction videos, TLC series, SLMD Skincare line, and book made her a social media celebrity.
Sandral Hullett
Sandral Hullett (died 2024) was an American family physician and hospital executive who was the first African American female hospital CEO in Alabama, leading Cooper Green Mercy Hospital in Birmingham.
Sandy Allen
Sandy Allen (Sandra Elaine Allen, 1955-2008), American recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's tallest woman at 231.7 cm (7 ft 7.2 in), due to pituitary gigantism; actress in Fellini's Casanova and subject of Split Enz's "Hello Sandy Allen".
Sandy Feng
Sandy Feng is an American transplant surgeon at UCSF who performs liver, kidney, and pancreas transplants and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2023.
Sanfilippo syndrome
Sanfilippo syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis type III, MPS III) is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder with four subtypes (SGSH, NAGLU, HGSNAT, GNS) causing heparan sulfate accumulation, childhood neurodegeneration, and, since 2025, the first FDA-approved gene therapy, Fayuvi.
Sang Xing Tang
桑杏汤 (Sang Xing Tang, Mulberry Leaf and Apricot Kernel Decoction), a seven-herb classical Chinese medicine formula from Wu Jutong's Wenbing Tiaoban, clears warm dryness and moistens the lung for autumn dry cough; paired with Xingsu powder for cool dryness.
Sanhua Tang
Sanhua Decoction (三化汤) is a classical Chinese medicine formula of four herbs, first recorded by Jin-dynasty physician Liu Wansu for stroke patients with obstructed stool and urine.
Sanitary Engineering
Sanitary engineering, also known as public health or wastewater engineering, plans, builds, and maintains water supply and waste disposal infrastructure, with infant mortality falling 10 to 30 percent after clean water and sanitation.
Sanitation
Sanitation: provision of facilities and services for safe disposal of human excreta, measured by the WHO/UNICEF JMP five-rung ladder from open defecation to safely managed; 58% global coverage in 2024, 3.4 billion lacking safely managed services.
Sanjay Gupta
Sanjay Gupta (born 1969, Novi, Michigan) is CNN's chief medical correspondent since 2001, a practicing Emory neurosurgeon, and a 2009 Surgeon General nominee, known for disaster reporting and pandemic communication.
Sanjia Fumai Tang
三甲复脉汤 (Sanjia Fumai Tang), a nine-herb classical Chinese medicine formula from Wu Jutong's Wen Bing Tiao Bian (1798), derived from Zhi Gancao Tang by adding oyster, turtle, and tortoise shells to nourish yin and subdue wind.
Sanjivani Vati
Sanjivani Vati (Sañjīvanī vaṭī) is an official Ayurvedic Formulary of India polyherbal pill from Sharangdhara Samhita, with ten herbs plus cow urine including purified Bhallataka and Vatsanabha, dosed 125 mg for fever, indigestion, and snakebite.
Sankha bhasma
Sankha bhasma (Shankha bhasma, conch shell ash) is an Ayurvedic calcined conch-shell preparation, mainly calcium carbonate in calcite form (about 39% calcium), used as an antacid and digestive remedy for hyperchlorhydria, sprue, and colic.
Sanofi
Sanofi S.A. is a Paris-headquartered French biopharmaceutical company formed by the 2004 Sanofi-Synthélabo–Aventis merger. FY2024 net sales €41.1 billion; flagship Dupixent (€13.1bn in 2024), Beyfortus, vaccines; Opella consumer unit sold to CD&R in 2025.
Sanpaku (三白)
Sanpaku (三白, "three whites") is a Japanese face-reading term for eyes with sclera visible on three sides of the iris; yin (below) and yang (above). Western medicine calls it scleral show, usually a normal eyelid-position feature, sometimes from thyroid eye disease.
SANS-PVC trial
SANS-PVC (NCT07093034) is a UC San Diego early feasibility trial of prolonged, nocturnal, non-invasive auricular vagus nerve stimulation with the Parasym device in 16 patients with ≥5% PVC burden, assessing safety, tolerability, feasibility, and PVC burden over 10 weeks.
Sapacitabine
Sapacitabine (CS-682, CYC682) is an oral nucleoside analogue prodrug of CNDAC that induces DNA strand breaks; it reached phase 3 trials in elderly AML (SEAMLESS) but failed its primary endpoint and development was discontinued in 2023.
SAPHO syndrome
SAPHO syndrome (synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, osteitis) is a rare autoinflammatory bone-joint and skin disease, described by Chamot in 1987, affecting the anterior chest wall, treated with NSAIDs, bisphosphonates, and biologics.
SAPS II
SAPS II (Simplified Acute Physiology Score II) is an ICU severity-of-illness score estimating hospital mortality risk from 17 variables collected in the first 24 hours.
Saptavimsatika Guggulu
Saptavimsatika Guggulu (Saptavimśatika guggulu), a classical Ayurvedic polyherbal pill based on purified guggulu (Commiphora exudate) with about 27 ingredients; AFI dosage 6 g; indicated for angina, cough, dyspnea, chest pain, and inflammation.
Sara Kenkare-Mitra
Sara Kenkare-Mitra is an American drug-development scientist who leads research and development at Alector, a member of the National Academy of Medicine elected in 2014.
Sarah Jane Halton
Jane Halton is an Australian public servant who was Secretary of the Department of Health and Ageing from 2002 to 2014 and now chairs CEPI.
Sarah Knauss
Sarah DeRemer Knauss (1880-1999), American supercentenarian of Allentown, Pennsylvania; lived 119 years 97 days, second-oldest validated person ever after Jeanne Calment and oldest validated American, world's oldest person 1998-1999.
Saralasin
Saralasin (P-113) is a synthetic peptide analog of angiotensin II, developed in the 1970s as the first angiotensin II receptor blocker and used as a diagnostic agent for renin-mediated hypertension.
Sarasvata Curna
Sarasvata Curna (Sārasvata cūrṇa), also spelled Sarasvata Choorna, is a classical Ayurvedic polyherbal powder (churna) from the Bhavaprakasha and Ayurvedic Formulary of India, classed as Medhya for epilepsy, anxiety, and cognitive disorders; official dose 1-2 g twice daily.