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The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
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As the western states of America were settled, pioneers often had to drink rancid water from ponds and other sources. This often resulted in chronic diarrhea, causing many cases of dehydration and death that could have been avoided if clean water had been available.
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved Risperdal, an adult antipsychotic drug, for the symptomatic treatment of irritability in children and adolescents with autism. The approval is the first for the use of a drug to treat behaviors associated with autism in children. These behaviors are included under the general heading of irritability and include aggression, deliberate self-injury, and temper tantrums.
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Blood in the urine can be a sign of a kidney stone, glomerulonephritis, or other kidney problems.
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All patients with hyperparathyroidism will develop osteoporosis. The parathyroid glands maintain blood calcium within the normal range. All patients with this disease will continue to lose calcium from their bones every day, and there is no way to prevent the development of osteoporosis as a result.
Cellular section from the brain of a person who died from Alzheimer's disease.
The visual field as seen by a person with (a) glaucoma, (b) macular degeneration, and (c) cataracts.
Older adults may grieve intensely over the loss of a person or situation that has been a part of the
Gram Stain of a person's Gum line
Letter from a Person with Pure Alexia
A Breathalyzer is used to measure a person's blood alcohol concentration (BAC)