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The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates's recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.
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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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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
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Walt Disney helped combat malaria by making an animated film in 1943 called The Winged Scourge. This short film starred the seven dwarfs and taught children that mosquitos transmit malaria, which is a very bad disease. It advocated the killing of mosquitos to stop the disease.
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Sperm cells are so tiny that 400 to 500 million (400,000,000–500,000,000) of them fit onto 1 tsp.
Energy flows in a typical gasoline-powered car
Benign prostatic hyperplasia. The condition results when an inner capsule of nonfunctional prostate
Examples of specimen collection containers for stool, urine, and swabs for wounds or secretions.
Collecting a 24-Hour Urine Specimen
Performing a Urine Pregnancy Test Using the Enzyme Immunoassay Method
(left) Urine sample from an unaffected person does not change color upon exposure to air. (right) Ur