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Advances in medicine rely heavily on scientific research and innovation. Medical researchers conduct studies to better understand diseases, develop new treatments and therapies, improve diagnostic techniques, and enhance preventive measures. Pharmaceutical companies play a critical role in developing and manufacturing medications based on research findings.

The practice of medicine involves the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases and disorders to maintain or restore health. Medical professionals, including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare practitioners, work collaboratively to provide care.

After a medicine has been distributed throughout the body and has done its job, the drug is broken down, or metabolized, the M in ADME. Everything that enters the bloodstream-whether swallowed, injected, inhaled or absorbed through the skin-is carried to the body's chemical processing plant, the liver.