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Hip fractures are the most serious consequences of osteoporosis. The incidence of hip fractures increases with each decade among patients in their 60s to patients in their 90s for both women and men of all populations. Men and women older than 80 years of age show the highest incidence of hip fractures.
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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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In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
Amoeboid movement promoted by changes in the locations of actin filaments.
This illustration shows the decibel level in various locations and associated with different ...
Locations of cholinergic synapses. Acetylcholine is released at the ganglia in both the ...
(C) Locations of the major veins.
The locations in the rat brain of the ventromedial hypothalamus and the lateral hypothalamus.
Human mtDNA molecule, showing the locations of HVS I and II regions relative to other mtDNA genes