Did you know?
The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.
Did you know?
Patients who have been on total parenteral nutrition for more than a few days may need to have foods gradually reintroduced to give the digestive tract time to start working again.
Did you know?
Chronic marijuana use can damage the white blood cells and reduce the immune system's ability to respond to disease by as much as 40%. Without a strong immune system, the body is vulnerable to all kinds of degenerative and infectious diseases.
Did you know?
In the ancient and medieval periods, dysentery killed about ? of all babies before they reach 12 months of age. The disease was transferred through contaminated drinking water, because there was no way to adequately dispose of sewage, which contaminated the water.
Did you know?
Dogs have been used in studies to detect various cancers in human subjects. They have been trained to sniff breath samples from humans that were collected by having them breathe into special tubes. These people included 55 lung cancer patients, 31 breast cancer patients, and 83 cancer-free patients. The dogs detected 54 of the 55 lung cancer patients as having cancer, detected 28 of the 31 breast cancer patients, and gave only three false-positive results (detecting cancer in people who didn't have it).
Assessing for Chvostek's Sign
South American Goliath birdeater
The Black Death spread over much of Europe in a three-year period in the middle of the fourteenth ce
In 1979 Islamic militants held American embassy workers hostage in Tehran.
Photo of a sign taken at an emissions test facility.
Age-standardized disability-adjusted life year (DALY) rates from hepatitis B by country (per 100 000 ...