medical researcher

Studies disease cures

A medical researcher is a scientist who investigates questions related to human health, disease, and treatment.

Medical researchers work in laboratories, clinical settings, or both, conducting experiments and studies that may lead to new drugs, therapies, or understanding of how diseases develop and progress.

The medical researchers published their findings on the new cancer treatment.

Some focus on basic science while others conduct clinical trials with human subjects.

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research vs. clinical practice

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Medical care provider

family doctor · general practitioner · attending physician · surgeon · nurse practitioner

evidence-based vs. pseudoscientific approach

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Fake healer or fowl noise

snake oil salesman · charlatan · pseudoscientist · faith healer · homeopath

knowledge creation vs. knowledge destruction/denial

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One who suspects cover-ups

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