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1 dzień temu · Diabetes mellitus, often known simply as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained high blood sugar levels. Diabetes is due to either the pancreas not producing enough insulin, or the cells of the body becoming unresponsive to the hormone's effects. Classic symptoms include thirst, polyuria, weight loss, and blurred vision.
4 godz. temu · Opioids are a class of drugs that derive from, or mimic, natural substances found in the opium poppy plant. Opioids work in the brain to produce a variety of effects, including pain relief. As a class of substances, they act on opioid receptors to produce morphine-like effects.. The terms 'opioid' and 'opiate' are sometimes used interchangeably, but there are key differences based on the ...
4 godz. temu · Etymology. The word vertebrate derives from the Latin word vertebratus (), meaning joint of the spine. A similarly derived word is vertebra, which refers to any of the irregular bones or segments of the spinal column.. Anatomy and morphology. All vertebrates are built along the basic chordate body plan: a rigid axial endoskeleton (vertebral column and/or notochord) running along the length of ...
1 dzień temu · A fish (pl.: fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits.Fish can be grouped into the more basal jawless fish and the more common jawed fish, the latter including all living cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as the extinct placoderms and acanthodians.Most fish are cold-blooded, their body ...
1 dzień temu · The Brooklyn Immersionists were a community of artists, musicians and writers that integrated themselves and their creations into an industrial area of Williamsburg, Brooklyn in the 1990s. According to the art historian, Jonathan Fineberg, the movement was devoted to "a richer, more dynamically interacting whole," and explored new forms of interconnected art and culture in the streets ...
1 dzień temu · Tobacco smoke in an Irish pub before a smoking ban came into effect on March 29, 2004. Passive smoking is the inhalation of tobacco smoke, called passive smoke, secondhand smoke (SHS) or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), by individuals other than the active smoker.It occurs when tobacco smoke diffuses into the surrounding atmosphere as an aerosol pollutant, which leads to its inhalation by ...
1 dzień temu · Definition and overview. Hygiene is a practice related to lifestyle, cleanliness, health, and medicine.In medicine and everyday life, hygiene practices are preventive measures that reduce the incidence and spread of germs leading to disease.. Hygiene practices vary from one culture to another.. In the manufacturing of food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and other products, good hygiene is a ...
