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If you're referring to keeping geckos as pets, like all reptiles, amphibians and birds, they come with a small but finite risk of contracting salmonellosis. Having said this, the infection is easy to avoid if you maintain basic hygiene.
On a personal note, I know dozens (perhaps hundreds) of people who keep or have kept reptiles as pets and have yet to ...
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Not always, however typically it is given for at least a few months. Lack of anticoagulation therapy would greatly heighten the risk of having another PE or related cardiovascular events. At the worst side this could cause death or permanent disability, and PE related deaths are quite common. However this depends on the nature of the PE and risk factors. For ...
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As you probably know, there is a lot of literature on the correlation between Streptococcus bovis and colorectal cancer, but very little on possible mechanisms.
In an editorial (Streptococcus bovis: Causal or incidental involvement in cancer of the colon? in the International Journal of Cancer 119(9):xi-xii), Harald zur Hausen referring to this paper:
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The function of bile produced by the liver and concentrated in the gall bladder is to aid in fat digestion. Bile acts as an emulsifier to allow the fat to be packaged into small droplets, micelles. The breakdown of fats into small micelles greatly increases the surface area for lipases produced by the pancreas have to act on. These are then absorbed ...
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