In the ancient and medieval periods, dysentery killed about ? of all babies before they reach 12 months of age. The disease was transferred through contaminated drinking water, because there was no way to adequately dispose of sewage, which contaminated the water.
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GI conditions that will keep you out of the U.S. armed services include ulcers, varices, fistulas, esophagitis, gastritis, congenital abnormalities, inflammatory bowel disease, enteritis, colitis, proctitis, duodenal diverticula, malabsorption syndromes, hepatitis, cirrhosis, cysts, abscesses, pancreatitis, polyps, certain hemorrhoids, splenomegaly, hernias, recent abdominal surgery, GI bypass or stomach stapling, and artificial GI openings.
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Drying your hands with a paper towel will reduce the bacterial count on your hands by 45–60%.
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Anti-aging claims should not ever be believed. There is no supplement, medication, or any other substance that has been proven to slow or stop the aging process.
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There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in every adult human.
Summation of Heart Sounds, Summation Gallop
An implantable cardiovert-defibrillator: A dual-chamber ICD device with a pulse generator is implant
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The flow of blood valves of the heart.
Mechanisms of Action of Drugs Used for Heart Failure
If a graph has the following x-intercepts, which value of x is the instantaneous rate of change ...