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Vital signs (blood pressure, temperature, pulse rate, respiration rate) should be taken before any drug administration. Patients should be informed not to use tobacco or caffeine at least 30 minutes before their appointment.
After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
Walt Disney helped combat malaria by making an animated film in 1943 called The Winged Scourge. This short film starred the seven dwarfs and taught children that mosquitos transmit malaria, which is a very bad disease. It advocated the killing of mosquitos to stop the disease.
Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.