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More than 50% of American adults have oral herpes, which is commonly known as "cold sores" or "fever blisters." The herpes virus can be active on the skin surface without showing any signs or causing any symptoms.
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According to the FDA, adverse drug events harmed or killed approximately 1,200,000 people in the United States in the year 2015.
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Chronic necrotizing aspergillosis has a slowly progressive process that, unlike invasive aspergillosis, does not spread to other organ systems or the blood vessels. It most often affects middle-aged and elderly individuals, spreading to surrounding tissue in the lungs. The disease often does not respond to conventionally successful treatments, and requires individualized therapies in order to keep it from becoming life-threatening.
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There used to be a metric calendar, as well as metric clocks. The metric calendar, or "French Republican Calendar" divided the year into 12 months, but each month was divided into three 10-day weeks. Each day had 10 decimal hours. Each hour had 100 decimal minutes. Due to lack of popularity, the metric clocks and calendars were ended in 1795, three years after they had been first marketed.
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When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
(A) Normal spongy bone. (B) Spongy bone with osteoporosis, which is characterized by a loss of bone
The “Old Man” from La Chapelle shows evidence of extensive tooth loss and bone resorption.
Sound Localization
About 78% of middle-aged adults (aged 40–59) have at least one living parent, and for over a third ...
Role-Playing a Situation in Which a Patient Is Frightened, Angry, or Anxious
Creating a loss-of-function CFTR