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Inotropic therapy does not have a role in the treatment of most heart failure patients. These drugs can make patients feel and function better but usually do not lengthen the predicted length of their lives.
Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
All patients with hyperparathyroidism will develop osteoporosis. The parathyroid glands maintain blood calcium within the normal range. All patients with this disease will continue to lose calcium from their bones every day, and there is no way to prevent the development of osteoporosis as a result.
The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
Malaria was not eliminated in the United States until 1951. The term eliminated means that no new cases arise in a country for 3 years.