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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.
Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
When taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors, people should avoid a variety of foods, which include alcoholic beverages, bean curd, broad (fava) bean pods, cheese, fish, ginseng, protein extracts, meat, sauerkraut, shrimp paste, soups, and yeast.
There are approximately 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year.
More than nineteen million Americans carry the factor V gene that causes blood clots, pulmonary embolism, and heart disease.