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Blastomycosis is often misdiagnosed, resulting in tragic outcomes. It is caused by a fungus living in moist soil, in wooded areas of the United States and Canada. If inhaled, the fungus can cause mild breathing problems that may worsen and cause serious illness and even death.
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Allergies play a major part in the health of children. The most prevalent childhood allergies are milk, egg, soy, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, and seafood.
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As many as 28% of hospitalized patients requiring mechanical ventilators to help them breathe (for more than 48 hours) will develop ventilator-associated pneumonia. Current therapy involves intravenous antibiotics, but new antibiotics that can be inhaled (and more directly treat the infection) are being developed.
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The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
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No drugs are available to relieve parathyroid disease. Parathyroid disease is caused by a parathyroid tumor, and it needs to be removed by surgery.
Passive and active transport.
A Passive Continental Margin
The “Flat Head” (Chinook) Indians acquired their name through shaping in infancy, as shown in a diag
Purse cover, from the Sutton Hoo burial ship.
Passive touch by holding the head lightly.
Embryonic development of shepherd’s purse (Capsella), a eudicot