World Hepatitis Day, observed July 28, aims to raise global awareness of hepatitis B and hepatitis C and encourage prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. It has been led by the World Hepatitis Alliance since 2007 and in May 2010, it received global endorsement from the World Health Organization.
Medical Definition of joule. : a unit of work or energy equal to the work done by a force of one newton acting through a distance of one meter.
Getting to know the Joule (J), an energy unit. The idea: Developing a familiarity with the Joule will help ground your further work with energy. Many sites provide definitions of joules for you, and many others describe equations in which energy is a variable.