Tuberculosis is a disease caused by slow growing bacteria that

Arah is eating lunch with friends outside in the commons area of her school. one of sarah’s friends offers to share a marijuana joint with her. what could be the outcome if sarah were caught smoking marijuana at school? nothing will happen because she did not buy the joint. she could be suspended from school. nothing will happen because she is underage. the consequences would be up to sarah’s parents.

A46-year-old man with a history of hypertension and hypercholesterolemia visits the physician for a routine followup. the patient's job involves a lot of travelling, and he admits to occasionally forgetting to take his medications with him when he travels. he complains of several episodes of chest pain in the past few months. the pain is sharp in nature, mainly over his lower chest and epigastrium, and tends to come on when walking. he believes these episodes are due to indigestion and has been taking antacids. there is a family history of heart disease, and his father died of a heart attack at age 48. on physical examination, his blood pressure is 150/80 mmhg and heart rate is 86/min. his lungs are clear to auscultation. cardiac auscultation reveals normal rate and rhythm, without rubs, gallops, or murmurs. there is no pedal oedema. he is sent for an exercise stress test. five minutes into the test, he develops st depression of 3mm in leads v1-v5. the st segment depression is greater than 0.12 seconds in duration and the stress test is stopped. which of the following is the most appropriate next step in management? - coronary angiography- holter monitor- no further tests are required- repeat stress test with thallium- upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

Life expectancy in the united states is (76.4 for men and 81.1 for women). life expectancy is not the same as healthy life expectancy. healthy life expectancy is the number of years a person is expected to live in this number is obtained by subtracting years spent in poor health from overall life expectancy. the world health organization (who) calculates healthy life expectancy in 194 countries. the united states ranks twenty-ninth in the world using this measurement, with an average of of healthy life expectancy. singapore ranks number one (76 years), and japan is number two (75 years).