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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Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.
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Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
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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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Studies show that systolic blood pressure can be significantly lowered by taking statins. In fact, the higher the patient's baseline blood pressure, the greater the effect of statins on his or her blood pressure.
A Typical Pattern of Sleep Stages During a Single Night
A mother dies, a father loses his leg—such calamities shattered poor urban families. Orphaned street
A typical aboveground oil storage tank.
Typical joint changes associated with osteoarthritis.