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Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
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About 80% of major fungal systemic infections are due to Candida albicans. Another form, Candida peritonitis, occurs most often in postoperative patients. A rare disease, Candida meningitis, may follow leukemia, kidney transplant, other immunosuppressed factors, or when suffering from Candida septicemia.
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About 600,000 particles of skin are shed every hour by each human. If you live to age 70 years, you have shed 105 pounds of dead skin.
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Anesthesia awareness is a potentially disturbing adverse effect wherein patients who have been paralyzed with muscle relaxants may awaken. They may be aware of their surroundings but unable to communicate or move. Neurologic monitoring equipment that helps to more closely check the patient's anesthesia stages is now available to avoid the occurrence of anesthesia awareness.
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This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
The breeding and wintering grounds of the American redstart, Setophaga ruticilla.
Extinct North American Megafauna
Assessing for Tinel's Sign
Herniated disk. A herniated disk is a protrusion of the disk’s gelatinous center, called the nucleus
Testing for the bulge sign
Use a graphical method to find the length of the loan to the nearest year