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Tobacco depletes the body of vitamins A, C, and E, which can result in any of the following: dry hair, dry skin, dry eyes, poor growth, night blindness, abscesses, insomnia, fatigue, reproductive system problems, sinusitis, pneumonia, frequent respiratory problems, skin disorders, weight loss, rickets, osteomalacia, nervousness, muscle spasms, leg cramps, extremity numbness, bone malformations, decayed teeth, difficulty in walking, irritability, restlessness, profuse sweating, increased uric acid (gout), joint damage, damaged red blood cells, destruction of nerves, infertility, miscarriage, and many types of cancer.
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The oldest recorded age was 122. Madame Jeanne Calment was born in France in 1875 and died in 1997. She was a vegetarian and loved olive oil, port wine, and chocolate.
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Most strokes are caused when blood clots move to a blood vessel in the brain and block blood flow to that area. Thrombolytic therapy can be used to dissolve the clot quickly. If given within 3 hours of the first stroke symptoms, this therapy can help limit stroke damage and disability.
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More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
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There are major differences in the metabolism of morphine and the illegal drug heroin. Morphine mostly produces its CNS effects through m-receptors, and at k- and d-receptors. Heroin has a slight affinity for opiate receptors. Most of its actions are due to metabolism to active metabolites (6-acetylmorphine, morphine, and morphine-6-glucuronide).
Hydronephrosis. Normal kidney (left) and kidney with hydronephrosis (right) are compared. Note the d
In 2008, the U.S. economy suffered a gaping wound as several trillion dollars were ripped out of it.
Visual tracking of a pendulum by a normal control subject (top) and three schizophrenics. (Adapted ...
(A) Tetralogy of Fallot; (B) normal anatomy.
(A) Normal glomerulus and (B) acute glomerulonephritis.
Loss of brain cells in a transgenic Huntington-disease mouse. (a) Section of normal mouse-brain stri