When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
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All adverse reactions are commonly charted in red ink in the patient's record and usually are noted on the front of the chart. Failure to follow correct documentation procedures may result in malpractice lawsuits.
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Thyroid conditions may make getting pregnant impossible.
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More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
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It is believed that humans initially contracted crabs from gorillas about 3 million years ago from either sleeping in gorilla nests or eating the apes.
Conditions Treated by Physical Therapy
Conditions Treated by Physical Therapy Cont
Radiation therapy.
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
Gene therapy can prevent progression of metachromatic leukodystrophy
Antisense RNA and RNA interference (RNAi) approaches to silence genes for gene therapy