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The highest suicide rate in the United States is among people ages 65 years and older. Almost 15% of people in this age group commit suicide every year.
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Drug-induced pharmacodynamic effects manifested in older adults include drug-induced renal toxicity, which can be a major factor when these adults are experiencing other kidney problems.
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There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in every adult human.
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The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates’s recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.
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Congestive heart failure is a serious disorder that carries a reduced life expectancy. Heart failure is usually a chronic illness, and it may worsen with infection or other physical stressors.
Hemiphlebia mirabilis, the Ancient Greenling, is a species of damselfly in family Hemiphlebiidae.
The Big Five Personality Dimensions
A section through the human brain
A wide variety of pathogens may live on or in the human body
Lineage restriction of human developmental potency.
Human Development (Full Term)