Hypertension is a silent killer because it is deadly and has no significant early symptoms. The danger from hypertension is the extra load on the heart, which can lead to hypertensive heart disease and kidney damage. This occurs without any major symptoms until the high blood pressure becomes extreme. Regular blood pressure checks are an important method of catching hypertension before it can kill you.
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Signs of depression include feeling sad most of the time for 2 weeks or longer; loss of interest in things normally enjoyed; lack of energy; sleep and appetite disturbances; weight changes; feelings of hopelessness, helplessness, or worthlessness; an inability to make decisions; and thoughts of death and suicide.
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The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.
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The average person is easily confused by the terms pharmaceutics and pharmacology, thinking they are one and the same. Whereas pharmaceutics is the science of preparing and dispensing drugs (otherwise known as the science of pharmacy), pharmacology is the study of medications.
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In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
Conduction system of the heart.
Heart Model
Sites of cholinergic antagonist actions. Muscarinic antagonists block cholinergic receptors in the ...
Aspirin and most other NSAIDs block prostaglandins.
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Penetrating Trauma to the Heart (Nail) as Seen on Lateral Chest X-Ray