Patients who cannot swallow may receive nutrition via a parenteral route—usually, a catheter is inserted through the chest into a large vein going into the heart.
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Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
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Ether was used widely for surgeries but became less popular because of its flammability and its tendency to cause vomiting. In England, it was quickly replaced by chloroform, but this agent caused many deaths and lost popularity.
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The most common treatment options for addiction include psychotherapy, support groups, and individual counseling.
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The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
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In plant fossils, stomatal density is used to estimate CO2 concentration in the atmosphere
