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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Approximately one in four people diagnosed with diabetes will develop foot problems. Of these, about one-third will require lower extremity amputation.
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The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.
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Addicts to opiates often avoid treatment because they are afraid of withdrawal. Though unpleasant, with proper management, withdrawal is rarely fatal and passes relatively quickly.
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Bacteria have flourished on the earth for over three billion years. They were the first life forms on the planet.
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Two children with schistosomiasis.
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Pollution in the Industrializing Nations has become a major problem. The air in Beijing is hazardous ...