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Studies show that systolic blood pressure can be significantly lowered by taking statins. In fact, the higher the patient's baseline blood pressure, the greater the effect of statins on his or her blood pressure.
Once thought to have neurofibromatosis, Joseph Merrick (also known as "the elephant man") is now, in retrospect, thought by clinical experts to have had Proteus syndrome. This endocrine disease causes continued and abnormal growth of the bones, muscles, skin, and so on and can become completely debilitating with severe deformities occurring anywhere on the body.
The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.
If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
For pediatric patients, intravenous fluids are the most commonly cited products involved in medication errors that are reported to the USP.