Lower drug doses for elderly patients should be used first, with titrations of the dose as tolerated to prevent unwanted drug-related pharmacodynamic effects.
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Your heart beats over 36 million times a year.
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Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.
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In ancient Rome, many of the richer people in the population had lead-induced gout. The reason for this is unclear. Lead poisoning has also been linked to madness.
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Long-term mental and physical effects from substance abuse include: paranoia, psychosis, immune deficiencies, and organ damage.
The three stages of a specific immune response.
Model for evidence-based clinical decision making.
Common skin signs are often evidence of an illness or disorder. A papule is a solid, circumscribed, ...
Early geologists discovered evidence of past glaciations in U-shaped valleys