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Most strokes are caused when blood clots move to a blood vessel in the brain and block blood flow to that area. Thrombolytic therapy can be used to dissolve the clot quickly. If given within 3 hours of the first stroke symptoms, this therapy can help limit stroke damage and disability.
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The heart is located in the center of the chest, with part of it tipped slightly so that it taps against the left side of the chest.
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Bisphosphonates were first developed in the nineteenth century. They were first investigated for use in disorders of bone metabolism in the 1960s. They are now used clinically for the treatment of osteoporosis, Paget's disease, bone metastasis, multiple myeloma, and other conditions that feature bone fragility.
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The human body's pharmacokinetics are quite varied. Our hair holds onto drugs longer than our urine, blood, or saliva. For example, alcohol can be detected in the hair for up to 90 days after it was consumed. The same is true for marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy, heroin, methamphetamine, and nicotine.
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The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
A human karyotype.
Leonardo da Vinci, Study of Human Proportion: The Vitruvian Man.
A taxonomy of the human species.
Geese continued to follow a human around assuming their actual mothers
Predicted polypeptide sequences translated from potential ORFs in the human TUBA3C gene
Lobes of the brain, with primary receiving and integrating centers of the human cerebral cortex.