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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Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
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The average adult has about 21 square feet of skin.
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The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.
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About 3% of all pregnant women will give birth to twins, which is an increase in rate of nearly 60% since the early 1980s.
Intussusception. The condition is caused by an infolding of the small intestine, which often causes
The hyoid bone from a Neandertal and a chimpanzee.
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