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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Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.
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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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If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.
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Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.
Hematoma. A hematoma around the right eye caused by an injury. A hematoma is the result of bleeding