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To maintain good kidney function, you should drink at least 3 quarts of water daily. Water dilutes urine and helps prevent concentrations of salts and minerals that can lead to kidney stone formation. Chronic dehydration is a major contributor to the development of kidney stones.
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Adults are resistant to the bacterium that causes Botulism. These bacteria thrive in honey – therefore, honey should never be given to infants since their immune systems are not yet resistant.
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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 average human gut is home to perhaps 500 to 1,000 different species of bacteria.
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved Risperdal, an adult antipsychotic drug, for the symptomatic treatment of irritability in children and adolescents with autism. The approval is the first for the use of a drug to treat behaviors associated with autism in children. These behaviors are included under the general heading of irritability and include aggression, deliberate self-injury, and temper tantrums.
Acromegaly. Photo of a woman illustrating the enlarged skull, jaw, and hands typical of acromegaly.
The same star field photographed with (a) a ground-based telescope, which is subject to poor seeing
Sex-Typical Toy Choices
A typical bank statement.
Who Ends Up Poor? Poverty by Education and Race-Ethnicity
A cross-sectional view of a typical zirconia oxygen sensor.