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Tobacco depletes the body of vitamins A, C, and E, which can result in any of the following: dry hair, dry skin, dry eyes, poor growth, night blindness, abscesses, insomnia, fatigue, reproductive system problems, sinusitis, pneumonia, frequent respiratory problems, skin disorders, weight loss, rickets, osteomalacia, nervousness, muscle spasms, leg cramps, extremity numbness, bone malformations, decayed teeth, difficulty in walking, irritability, restlessness, profuse sweating, increased uric acid (gout), joint damage, damaged red blood cells, destruction of nerves, infertility, miscarriage, and many types of cancer.
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Immunoglobulin injections may give short-term protection against, or reduce severity of certain diseases. They help people who have an inherited problem making their own antibodies, or those who are having certain types of cancer treatments.
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When intravenous medications are involved in adverse drug events, their harmful effects may occur more rapidly, and be more severe than errors with oral medications. This is due to the direct administration into the bloodstream.
Malignant melanoma. This photograph demonstrates the highly characteristic color of this tumor.
Both humans and apes readily engage in learned imitative behavior.
In pretend play, toy figures and animals “come to life” and interact with each other.
A whistle stop used to find top dead center. Remove the spark plug and install the whistle stop, ...
A section of the retina. The fovea is the indentation at the center of the retina; it is specialized ...
Water vapor is supplied to the atmosphere by local evaporation or horizontal transport (advection).