Your best friend is diagnosed with lymphoma and asks you about what she's read about the side effects of treatments, particularly gastrointestinal effects and hair loss. You explain to her that many drugs used in the treatment of cancer have effects on the gastrointestinal system and hair because they are especially toxic to cells that are ____.

a.  DNA-dependent
b.  particularly complex
c.  slow to reproduce
d.  rapidly proliferating


d.  rapidly proliferating

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If a handwritten prescription was photocopied, and the word "VOID" became visible on the photocopy, this would tell you that the prescription was ________

A) not valid B) for an over-the-counter drug C) expired and would not be filled by the pharmacist D) an unauthorized photocopy of an official prescription form for a Schedule II drug

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Smoking marijuana has none of the long-term health effects of smoking tobacco

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Which of the following is not a type of fatty acid?

a. monounsaturated b. disaturated c. saturated d. polyunsaturated

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Abstinence is not a sign that someone is free of alcoholism. AA calls these abstainers dry drunks.

a. Myth b. Reality

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