Stroke kills people from all ethnic backgrounds, but the people at highest risk for fatal strokes are: black men, black women, Asian men, white men, and white women.
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All adults should have their cholesterol levels checked once every 5 years. During 2009–2010, 69.4% of Americans age 20 and older reported having their cholesterol checked within the last five years.
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For pediatric patients, intravenous fluids are the most commonly cited products involved in medication errors that are reported to the USP.
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The word drug comes from the Dutch word droog (meaning "dry"). For centuries, most drugs came from dried plants, hence the name.
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If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.
The urinary system: kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra with expanded view of a nephron and the u
The meninges from the outside in: dura mater, arachnoid, and pia mater. Also showing the subarachnoi
