Lower drug doses for elderly patients should be used first, with titrations of the dose as tolerated to prevent unwanted drug-related pharmacodynamic effects.
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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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After a vasectomy, it takes about 12 ejaculations to clear out sperm that were already beyond the blocked area.
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On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
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Approximately 15–25% of recognized pregnancies end in miscarriage. However, many miscarriages often occur before a woman even knows she is pregnant.