Intradermal injections are somewhat difficult to correctly administer because the skin layers are so thin that it is easy to accidentally punch through to the deeper subcutaneous layer.
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As many as 20% of Americans have been infected by the fungus known as Histoplasmosis. While most people are asymptomatic or only have slight symptoms, infection can progress to a rapid and potentially fatal superinfection.
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About one in five American adults and teenagers have had a genital herpes infection—and most of them don't know it. People with genital herpes have at least twice the risk of becoming infected with HIV if exposed to it than those people who do not have genital herpes.
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There are more sensory neurons in the tongue than in any other part of the body.
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People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
The F Ring and One of Its Shepherds
Beta-lactam antibiotics: The beta-lactam ring is common to many different classes of antibiotics.
Low-molecular-weight precursors to the purine ring