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Zulu123

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A study of HMOs in the United States found that
 
  doctors wrote an average of six prescriptions per pregnant woman for drugs
  that are known teratogens.
  doctors only prescribed drugs that were known to have no harmful effects
  during pregnancy.
  doctors wrote an average of three prescriptions per pregnant woman,
  including drugs that had not been proven to be safe during pregnancy.
  doctors wrote an average of 38 prescriptions per year for known teratogenic
  drugs.

Question 2

Since 1996, neural-tube defects have decreased by over 25 percent in the United States and Canada. No decrease has occurred in Europe. What is the reason for the decrease in the United States and Canada?
 
  Environmental changes in climate are responsible.
  Physicians routinely check for neural-tube defects at birth, thus causing
  the decrease.
  Cereals and breads in the United States and Canada are now fortified with
  folic acid.
  Europeans are genetically predisposed to neural-tube defects.



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jesse.fleming

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Answer to Question 1

doctors wrote an average of three prescriptions per pregnant woman,
including drugs that had not been proven to be safe during pregnancy.

Answer to Question 2

Cereals and breads in the United States and Canada are now fortified with
folic acid.




Zulu123

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Wow, this really help


bdobbins

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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