On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
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The strongest synthetic topical retinoid drug available, tazarotene, is used to treat sun-damaged skin, acne, and psoriasis.
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If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
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Elderly adults are at greatest risk of stroke and myocardial infarction and have the most to gain from prophylaxis. Patients ages 60 to 80 years with blood pressures above 160/90 mm Hg should benefit from antihypertensive treatment.
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The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
Diagram of a typical prokaryotic cell
Blood Cell
Cell Junctions
The cell duplicates its DNA and prepares for nuclear division
Checkpoints and proliferation decision points monitor the progress of the cell through the cell cycl
Glomeromycete hypha branching inside the cell of a plant root.