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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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In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
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About 80% of major fungal systemic infections are due to Candida albicans. Another form, Candida peritonitis, occurs most often in postoperative patients. A rare disease, Candida meningitis, may follow leukemia, kidney transplant, other immunosuppressed factors, or when suffering from Candida septicemia.
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In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
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The B-complex vitamins and vitamin C are not stored in the body and must be replaced each day.