The most common childhood diseases include croup, chickenpox, ear infections, flu, pneumonia, ringworm, respiratory syncytial virus, scabies, head lice, and asthma.
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Elderly adults are living longer, and causes of death are shifting. At the same time, autopsy rates are at or near their lowest in history.
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Symptoms of kidney problems include a loss of appetite, back pain (which may be sudden and intense), chills, abdominal pain, fluid retention, nausea, the urge to urinate, vomiting, and fever.
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Hyperthyroidism leads to an increased rate of metabolism and affects about 1% of women but only 0.1% of men. For most people, this increased metabolic rate causes the thyroid gland to become enlarged (known as a goiter).
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Adults are resistant to the bacterium that causes Botulism. These bacteria thrive in honey – therefore, honey should never be given to infants since their immune systems are not yet resistant.
Forest fragments left by clear-cutting forest from the surrounding landscape have very different phy
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Emphysema. (a) Illustration comparing normal lungs and emphysemic lungs. The inserts illustrate how
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First-pass effect: (a) drugs are absorbed; (b) drugs enter hepatic portal circulation and go directl
Comparison of the chemical structures of psilocybin and LSD. Psilocybin (left) is derived from a mu