Approximately one in four people diagnosed with diabetes will develop foot problems. Of these, about one-third will require lower extremity amputation.
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Eating food that has been cooked with poppy seeds may cause you to fail a drug screening test, because the seeds contain enough opiate alkaloids to register as a positive.
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Patients who cannot swallow may receive nutrition via a parenteral route—usually, a catheter is inserted through the chest into a large vein going into the heart.
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The heart is located in the center of the chest, with part of it tipped slightly so that it taps against the left side of the chest.
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By definition, when a medication is administered intravenously, its bioavailability is 100%.
Body plan of a common rotifer, Philodina genus
Body plan of an echinoderm, as represented by a sea star.