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.
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Once thought to have neurofibromatosis, Joseph Merrick (also known as "the elephant man") is now, in retrospect, thought by clinical experts to have had Proteus syndrome. This endocrine disease causes continued and abnormal growth of the bones, muscles, skin, and so on and can become completely debilitating with severe deformities occurring anywhere on the body.
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There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.
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The average human gut is home to perhaps 500 to 1,000 different species of bacteria.
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The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.
Nonpolar and polar bonds in an organic molecule
Breaking disulfide bonds in proteins
The heme group viewed from the side. This view shows the two coordination bonds to Fe2+