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Tobacco depletes the body of vitamins A, C, and E, which can result in any of the following: dry hair, dry skin, dry eyes, poor growth, night blindness, abscesses, insomnia, fatigue, reproductive system problems, sinusitis, pneumonia, frequent respiratory problems, skin disorders, weight loss, rickets, osteomalacia, nervousness, muscle spasms, leg cramps, extremity numbness, bone malformations, decayed teeth, difficulty in walking, irritability, restlessness, profuse sweating, increased uric acid (gout), joint damage, damaged red blood cells, destruction of nerves, infertility, miscarriage, and many types of cancer.
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In inpatient settings, adverse drug events account for an estimated one in three of all hospital adverse events. They affect approximately 2 million hospital stays every year, and prolong hospital stays by between one and five days.
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The National Institutes of Health have supported research into acupuncture. This has shown that acupuncture significantly reduced pain associated with osteoarthritis of the knee, when used as a complement to conventional therapies.
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In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
Pseudostigmatidae is a family of tropical damselflies, known as helicopter damselflies, giant damsel
Humanmade pollutants may be driving the expansion of the Earth’s tropical belt seen
Measuring Precipitation: Rain Gauges
Change in Annual Precipitation Over Land, 1901-2010
Acid Precipitation
A compound of iron and sulfur crystallizes in a lattice pattern described as cubic closest ...