People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
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The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates’s recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.
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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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Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system destroys its own healthy tissues. When this occurs, white blood cells cannot distinguish between pathogens and normal cells.
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Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
Brain Cells of a laboratory mouse
Brain
Basic anatomy of the brain.
Brain Stem and Cerebellum
Serotonin Connections in the Brain
Changes that take place in the brain across the lifespan
