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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
Vital signs (blood pressure, temperature, pulse rate, respiration rate) should be taken before any drug administration. Patients should be informed not to use tobacco or caffeine at least 30 minutes before their appointment.
Opium has influenced much of the world's most popular literature. The following authors were all opium users, of varying degrees: Lewis Carroll, Charles, Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Oscar Wilde.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that all women age 65 years of age or older should be screened with bone densitometry.