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15 hours ago · Fentanyl is a highly potent synthetic piperidine opioid primarily used as an analgesic. It is 20 to 40 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine; [8] its primary clinical utility is in pain management for cancer patients and those recovering from painful surgeries. [9] [10] Fentanyl is also used as a sedative. [11]
15 hours ago · The dead reportedly included no women or children. Andrew Perne: 26 April 1589: The Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University and Dean of Ely was known for his frequent religious conversions to match the established faith of the time in England. He reportedly died due to having heard the jester of Queen Elizabeth I make a joke about his uncertain ...
15 hours ago · Migraine ( UK: / ˈmiːɡreɪn /, US: / ˈmaɪ -/) [11] [12] is a genetically influenced complex neurological disorder characterized by episodes of moderate-to-severe headache, most often unilateral and generally associated with nausea and light and sound sensitivity. [1] Other characterizing symptoms may include vomiting, cognitive dysfunction ...
15 hours ago · Simone Weil. Simone Adolphine Weil ( / ˈveɪ / VAY, [11] French: [simɔn adɔlfin vɛj]; 3 February 1909 – 24 August 1943) was a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist. Since 1995, more than 2,500 scholarly works have been published about her, including close analyses and readings of her work. [12]
15 hours ago · MASH: 2.6% risk of death per year [5] MAFL: Unknown [9] Metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease ( MASLD ), previously known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ( NAFLD ), [a] is a type of chronic liver disease. This condition is diagnosed when there is excessive fat build-up in the liver ( hepatic steatosis ), and at least ...
15 hours ago · Mircea Eliade ( Romanian: [ˈmirtʃe̯a eliˈade]; March 13 [ O.S. February 28] 1907 – April 22, 1986) was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago. One of the most influential scholars of religion of the 20th century [1] and interpreter of religious experience, he established ...
15 hours ago · —William Hazlitt, "Jeremy Bentham", The Spirit of the Age Bentham's refined and elaborated logic fails, in Hazlitt's assessment, to take into account the complexities of human nature. In his attempt to reform mankind by reasoning, "he has not allowed for the wind ". Man is far from entirely "a logical animal", Hazlitt argues. Bentham bases his efforts to reform criminals on the fact that ...
