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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
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Stevens-Johnson syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis syndrome are life-threatening reactions that can result in death. Complications include permanent blindness, dry-eye syndrome, lung damage, photophobia, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, permanent loss of nail beds, scarring of mucous membranes, arthritis, and chronic fatigue syndrome. Many patients' pores scar shut, causing them to retain heat.
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The top five reasons that children stay home from school are as follows: colds, stomach flu (gastroenteritis), ear infection (otitis media), pink eye (conjunctivitis), and sore throat.
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GI conditions that will keep you out of the U.S. armed services include ulcers, varices, fistulas, esophagitis, gastritis, congenital abnormalities, inflammatory bowel disease, enteritis, colitis, proctitis, duodenal diverticula, malabsorption syndromes, hepatitis, cirrhosis, cysts, abscesses, pancreatitis, polyps, certain hemorrhoids, splenomegaly, hernias, recent abdominal surgery, GI bypass or stomach stapling, and artificial GI openings.
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Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve small pieces of metal such as razor blades or staples.
Digital rectal exam (DRE). The physician’s index finger is inserted into the rectum and pressed agai
Shope’s Model of Young Driver Crash Risks The model shows that many factors contribute to crash ris
NCC MERP Index for categorizing medication errors.
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Mediator as a bridge between gene-specific regulatory factors and the general transcription
Body Mass Index (IBM)