Approximately one in four people diagnosed with diabetes will develop foot problems. Of these, about one-third will require lower extremity amputation.
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About 600,000 particles of skin are shed every hour by each human. If you live to age 70 years, you have shed 105 pounds of dead skin.
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By definition, when a medication is administered intravenously, its bioavailability is 100%.
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There are over 65,000 known species of protozoa. About 10,000 species are parasitic.
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The Babylonians wrote numbers in a system that used 60 as the base value rather than the number 10. They did not have a symbol for "zero."
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The inguinal area. Take great care when applying deep pressure in this region
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