The average older adult in the United States takes five prescription drugs per day. Half of these drugs contain a sedative. Alcohol should therefore be avoided by most senior citizens because of the dangerous interactions between alcohol and sedatives.
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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
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Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
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Long-term mental and physical effects from substance abuse include: paranoia, psychosis, immune deficiencies, and organ damage.
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Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
Cell Weapon
the four stages of the cell cycle
The cell membrane.
A prokaryotic cell
Activation and Clonal Selection of a Helper T Cell
