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1 day ago · Medical condition Burn Second-degree burn of the hand Specialty Dermatology, critical care medicine, plastic surgery Symptoms First degree: Red without blisters Second degree: Blisters and pain Third degree: Area stiff and not painful Fourth degree: Bone and tendon loss Complications Infection Duration Days to weeks Types First degree, second degree, third degree, fourth degree Causes Heat ...
1 day ago · Biological warfare, also known as germ warfare, is the use of biological toxins or infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, insects, and fungi with the intent to kill, harm or incapacitate humans, animals or plants as an act of war. [1] Biological weapons (often termed "bio-weapons", "biological threat agents", or "bio-agents") are living ...
1 day ago · Adrenaline, also known as epinephrine, is a hormone and medication [7] [8] which is involved in regulating visceral functions (e.g., respiration). [7] [9] It appears as a white microcrystalline granule. [10] Adrenaline is normally produced by the adrenal glands and by a small number of neurons in the medulla oblongata. [11]
1 day ago · Alzheimer's disease ( AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens, [2] and is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. [2] [15] The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events. [1] As the disease advances, symptoms can include problems with language, disorientation ...
7 hours ago · Race has played a decisive role in shaping systems of medical care in the United States. The divided health system persists, in spite of federal efforts to end segregation, health care remains, at best widely segregated both exacerbating and distorting racial disparities. [64]
7 hours ago · t. e. Agent Orange is a chemical herbicide and defoliant, one of the tactical use Rainbow Herbicides . It was used by the U.S. military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, [1] during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971. [2] It is a mixture of equal parts of two herbicides, 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D.
