|
|
More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
The National Institutes of Health have supported research into acupuncture. This has shown that acupuncture significantly reduced pain associated with osteoarthritis of the knee, when used as a complement to conventional therapies.
Amphetamine poisoning can cause intravascular coagulation, circulatory collapse, rhabdomyolysis, ischemic colitis, acute psychosis, hyperthermia, respiratory distress syndrome, and pericarditis.
To combat osteoporosis, changes in lifestyle and diet are recommended. At-risk patients should include 1,200 to 1,500 mg of calcium daily either via dietary means or with supplements.
Your skin wrinkles if you stay in the bathtub a long time because the outermost layer of skin (which consists of dead keratin) swells when it absorbs water. It is tightly attached to the skin below it, so it compensates for the increased area by wrinkling. This happens to the hands and feet because they have the thickest layer of dead keratin cells.
![The cypress hills in Alberta and Saskatchewan were the northern-most location that remained south of](https://biology-forums.com/gallery/47/medium_33_19_02_12_5_39_51_2061175.jpeg)
![Lumbar puncture. Abbreviated LP, the lumbar puncture is a common procedure that withdraws cerebrospi](https://biology-forums.com/gallery/47/medium_14755_14_10_12_6_49_35_94142278.jpeg)