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Over time, chronic hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infections can progress to advanced liver disease, liver failure, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Unlike other forms, more than 80% of hepatitis C infections become chronic and lead to liver disease. When combined with hepatitis B, hepatitis C now accounts for 75% percent of all cases of liver disease around the world. Liver failure caused by hepatitis C is now leading cause of liver transplants in the United States.
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Elderly adults are living longer, and causes of death are shifting. At the same time, autopsy rates are at or near their lowest in history.
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More than one-third of adult Americans are obese. Diseases that kill the largest number of people annually, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, and hypertension, can be attributed to diet.
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Signs of depression include feeling sad most of the time for 2 weeks or longer; loss of interest in things normally enjoyed; lack of energy; sleep and appetite disturbances; weight changes; feelings of hopelessness, helplessness, or worthlessness; an inability to make decisions; and thoughts of death and suicide.
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After a vasectomy, it takes about 12 ejaculations to clear out sperm that were already beyond the blocked area.
On November 11, 1887, four anarchists were hanged in Chicago on charges that they had thrown a bomb
A medical assistant listening to the patient and physician discuss the patient's care.
Purse cover, from the Sutton Hoo burial ship.
Passive touch by holding the head lightly.
Passive shoulder roll. Place one hand on the anterior and the other on the posterior shoulder. ...
Passive movement of the hip through its full range. With one hand just above the knee and the other ...