People with alcoholism are at a much greater risk of malnutrition than are other people and usually exhibit low levels of most vitamins (especially folic acid). This is because alcohol often takes the place of 50% of their daily intake of calories, with little nutritional value contained in it.
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In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that all women age 65 years of age or older should be screened with bone densitometry.
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The average older adult in the United States takes five prescription drugs per day. Half of these drugs contain a sedative. Alcohol should therefore be avoided by most senior citizens because of the dangerous interactions between alcohol and sedatives.
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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
Palade's use of the pulse-chase method to study protein secretion
Research Methods
Research Methods
ESM Study of Time Spent with Family
Researchers must inform potential participants of a study's procedures so that consent may be o
Gel electrophoresis, an essential laboratory technique in biological science research