Adult head lice are gray, about ? inch long, and often have a tiny dot on their backs. A female can lay between 50 and 150 eggs within the several weeks that she is alive. They feed on human blood.
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The most common treatment options for addiction include psychotherapy, support groups, and individual counseling.
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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.
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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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On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.
p53 (normal cell vs tumor cell)
Structures of a cell.
Hepatic cell
Medical Terms and Corresponding Synonyms
Cell kill and chemotherapy
An electrochemical cell is based on these two half-reactions