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21Binge drinking — New Year s Eve is traditionally a time when many drink excessive amounts of alcohol. This picture is from a 1912 postcard mailed in the United States …
22Organ donation — Intervention Organ donation is the donation of biological tissue or an organ of the human body, from a living or dead person to a living recipient in need of a transplantation. Transplantable organs and tissues are removed in a surgical procedure …
23stroke — 1. Any acute clinical event, related to impairment of cerebral circulation, that lasts more than 24 hours. SYN: apoplexy, brain attack. 2. A harmful discharge of lightning, particularly one that affects a human being. 3. A pulsation. 4. To pass… …
24Hydrocephalus — For other uses, see Hydrocephalus (trilobite). Not to be confused with Hypocephalus. Hydrocephalus Classification and external resources Hydrocephalus seen on a CT scan of the brain. ICD …
25Crack cocaine — A pile of crack cocaine ‘rocks’ Crack cocaine is the freebase form of cocaine that can be smoked. It may also be termed rock, hard, iron …
26MEDICINE AND LAW — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Judicial Decision – A Value Determination the values of a jewish and democratic state in the image of god PHYSICIAN S DUTIES AND PATIENTS RIGHTS the physician and the judge …
27Death of Ayrton Senna — The death of three time Formula One World Champion Ayrton Senna on May 1, 1994, occurred as a result of his car crashing into a concrete barrier while he was leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Italy.… …
28Urea cycle disorder — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = ammonia DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|E|72|2|e|70 ICD9 = ICD9|270.6 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = 000372 eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = An urea cycle disorder or urea cycle defect is a genetic… …
29Specials (novel) — infobox Book | name = Specials image caption = 1st edition cover author = Scott Westerfeld cover artist = Yaffa Jaskoll country = United States language = English series = The Uglies Trilogy genre = Young adult literature publisher = Simon Pulse… …
30Automated external defibrillator — An automated external defibrillator or AED is a portable electronic device that automatically diagnoses the potentially life threatening cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia in a patient,cite… …
