The first successful kidney transplant was performed in 1954 and occurred in Boston. A kidney from an identical twin was transplanted into his dying brother's body and was not rejected because it did not appear foreign to his body.
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No drugs are available to relieve parathyroid disease. Parathyroid disease is caused by a parathyroid tumor, and it needs to be removed by surgery.
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The Babylonians wrote numbers in a system that used 60 as the base value rather than the number 10. They did not have a symbol for "zero."
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Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.
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The U.S. Pharmacopeia Medication Errors Reporting Program states that approximately 50% of all medication errors involve insulin.
Patient with typical rheumatoid arthritis contractures.
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A typical large tool box, showing just one of many drawers.
Cutaway view of a typical alternator.
A typical direct-injection system uses two pumps—one low-pressure electric pump in the fuel tank ...