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Cyanide is a rapidly acting substance that is traditionally known as a poison. Hydrogen cyanide was first isolated from Prussian blue dye in 1786 a ...

D-lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD, is a compound of the lysergamide class known for its powerful psychedelic effects on humans. Although first s ...

Thiazide diuretics are an FDA-approved class of drugs that inhibit reabsorption of 3% to 5% of luminal sodium in the distal convoluted tubule of th ...

the human hookworm, is the most common parasitic infection in countries with poor access to adequate water ...

Vancomycin is a tricyclic glycopeptide antibiotic originally derived from the organism . Vancomycin is used for th ...

A Morgagni hernia is one of four types of diaphragmatic hernias; the other types include a Bochdalek hernia, where the defect is posterolateral, a ...

Viruses are the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis in the United States and globally, accounting for the majority of diagnosed acute episodes o ...

Primary polydipsia (PP) is a condition where there is excess consumption of fluids leading to polyuria with diluted urine and, ultimately, hyponatr ...

The oculocephalic reflex (doll's eyes reflex) is an application of the vestibular-ocular reflex (VOR) used for neurologic exami ...

Glipizide is a second-generation sulfonylurea that is FDA-approved for the treatment of adults with diabetes mellitus type 2. Its use is as an adju ...

Calcium homeostasis in the body is a complex interplay between several different hormones or hormone-like substances, such as parathyroid hormone ( ...

Death is defined in the United States by the Uniform Determination of Death Act, proposed in 1981, as 

Amebiasis or amoebic dysentery is a common parasitic enteral infection. It is caused by any of the amoebas of the group. Am ...

Lateral medullary syndrome (LMS), also called Wallenberg syndrome or posterior inferior cerebellar artery syndrome results from a vascular event in ...

An incomplete abortion is a subtype of spontaneous abortion along with inevitable and missed abortion. Other types of spontaneous abortion are thre ...

High-output cardiac failure is a less common form of heart failure, and although it may sound contradictory at first, in the simplest form, it is s ...

A seizure is a transient occurrence of abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. Seizures manifest in different ways based ...

Percutaneous transluminal coronary arteriography is the most reliable means of investigating and quantifying the severity of coronary artery occlus ...