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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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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Your chance of developing a kidney stone is 1 in 10. In recent years, approximately 3.7 million people in the United States were diagnosed with a kidney disease.
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Pubic lice (crabs) are usually spread through sexual contact. You cannot catch them by using a public toilet.
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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
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Medicinal leeches on a patient’s neck. Today leeches are sometimes used in microsurgery to prevent b