According to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, lung disease is the third leading killer in the United States, responsible for one in seven deaths. It is the leading cause of death among infants under the age of one year.
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Elderly adults are at greatest risk of stroke and myocardial infarction and have the most to gain from prophylaxis. Patients ages 60 to 80 years with blood pressures above 160/90 mm Hg should benefit from antihypertensive treatment.
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In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
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Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.
The metanephridial filtration system of annelids.
Phases of adaptive immune responses
The skeletal system of a modern horse
Engine oil pressure is used to switch cam lobes on a VTEC system.