Which of the following is a benefit of the affordable care act? select all that apply. improved quality of healthcare increased health insurance costs increased prescription costs improved protection against health care fraud small business tax increases

The body uses fight or flight as a way of defending itself from stress. question 2 options: true false

What kind of wound occurred when the skin scrapes against a hard surface and tiny blood vessels break in the outer layer of skin

An 80-year-old woman comes to the urgent care clinic with dyspnoea on exertion. on physical examination, her blood pressure is 100/70, and her pulse is 75. she has no pulsus paradoxus. her jugular veins are distended, and she has distant heart sounds. in addition, she has extra third and fourth heart sounds. her liver is enlarged, and she has pedal oedema. she has occasional premature ventricular contractions on her electrocardiogram. a chest x-ray reveals clear lung fields with a dilated cardiac silhouette. her echocardiogram reveals ventricular walls with a "speckled pattern". which of the following is the most likely diagnosis? - alcoholic cardiomyopathy- amyloidosis- haemochromatosis- tuberculosis- viral myocarditis