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More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve small pieces of metal such as razor blades or staples.
Elderly adults are at greatest risk of stroke and myocardial infarction and have the most to gain from prophylaxis. Patients ages 60 to 80 years with blood pressures above 160/90 mm Hg should benefit from antihypertensive treatment.
A seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to reduce the chances you will get seasonal influenza and spread it to others.
People with alcoholism are at a much greater risk of malnutrition than are other people and usually exhibit low levels of most vitamins (especially folic acid). This is because alcohol often takes the place of 50% of their daily intake of calories, with little nutritional value contained in it.
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