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GI conditions that will keep you out of the U.S. armed services include ulcers, varices, fistulas, esophagitis, gastritis, congenital abnormalities, inflammatory bowel disease, enteritis, colitis, proctitis, duodenal diverticula, malabsorption syndromes, hepatitis, cirrhosis, cysts, abscesses, pancreatitis, polyps, certain hemorrhoids, splenomegaly, hernias, recent abdominal surgery, GI bypass or stomach stapling, and artificial GI openings.
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When taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors, people should avoid a variety of foods, which include alcoholic beverages, bean curd, broad (fava) bean pods, cheese, fish, ginseng, protein extracts, meat, sauerkraut, shrimp paste, soups, and yeast.
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For about 100 years, scientists thought that peptic ulcers were caused by stress, spicy food, and alcohol. Later, researchers added stomach acid to the list of causes and began treating ulcers with antacids. Now it is known that peptic ulcers are predominantly caused by Helicobacter pylori, a spiral-shaped bacterium that normally exist in the stomach.
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Medication errors are three times higher among children and infants than with adults.
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Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
Megazostrodon, the first known mammal of the Triassic period.
Classification of life histories based on juvenile survival, fecundity, and age at reproductive matu
Embryonic Period - By the second day after fertilization
Embryonic Period
Embryonic Period
(a) A metaphase array of chromosomes as viewed in the microscope. (b) The computer-derived karyotype