Addicts to opiates often avoid treatment because they are afraid of withdrawal. Though unpleasant, with proper management, withdrawal is rarely fatal and passes relatively quickly.
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More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
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Not getting enough sleep can greatly weaken the immune system. Lack of sleep makes you more likely to catch a cold, or more difficult to fight off an infection.
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Everyone has one nostril that is larger than the other.
Pediatric Vital Signs Normal Ranges
Hematocrits, left to right: normal, anemia, polycythemia.