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Inotropic therapy does not have a role in the treatment of most heart failure patients. These drugs can make patients feel and function better but usually do not lengthen the predicted length of their lives.
The human body's pharmacokinetics are quite varied. Our hair holds onto drugs longer than our urine, blood, or saliva. For example, alcohol can be detected in the hair for up to 90 days after it was consumed. The same is true for marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy, heroin, methamphetamine, and nicotine.
A seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to reduce the chances you will get seasonal influenza and spread it to others.
There are approximately 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year.
Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.
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