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After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
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When Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer, he called "zero degrees" the lowest temperature he was able to attain with a mixture of ice and salt. For the upper point of his scale, he used 96°, which he measured as normal human body temperature (we know it to be 98.6° today because of more accurate thermometers).
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Less than one of every three adults with high LDL cholesterol has the condition under control. Only 48.1% with the condition are being treated for it.
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In 2010, opiate painkllers, such as morphine, OxyContin®, and Vicodin®, were tied to almost 60% of drug overdose deaths.
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The first successful kidney transplant was performed in 1954 and occurred in Boston. A kidney from an identical twin was transplanted into his dying brother's body and was not rejected because it did not appear foreign to his body.
Nephroblastoma. A sectioned kidney reveals the presence of a very large tumor, which arose from feta
Lung cancer. Photograph of part of a lung removed after death. The yellow area is a large tumor and
An MRI of Professor P.’s acoustic neuroma. The arrow indicates the tumor.
Large facial tumor due to malignant Burkitt’s lymphoma, a non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Immunofixation electrophoresis. (a) IgG kappa myeloma, (b) Controls showing total serum protein ...
Acromegaly caused by a tumor on his pituitary gland