Throughout history, plants containing cardiac steroids have been used as heart drugs and as poisons (e.g., in arrows used in combat), emetics, and diuretics.
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In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
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Nitroglycerin is used to alleviate various heart-related conditions, and it is also the chief component of dynamite (but mixed in a solid clay base to stabilize it).
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Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.
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Today, nearly 8 out of 10 pregnant women living with HIV (about 1.1 million), receive antiretrovirals.
Striking examples where high surface area releases heat.
Lungs: RUL = Right Upper Lobe, RML = Right Middle Lobe, RLL = Right Lower Lobe, LUL = Left Upper Lob
Thoracentesis. A needle is inserted between the ribs to withdraw fluid from the pleural sac at the b
A boiling-liquid, expanding-vapor explosion (BLEVE). The burning propane cylinder on the left is not ...
The diameter of a semicircle is 4 miles. What is the semicircle's area?
Calculating the lateral surface area of a right prism