Which of the following scenarios would benefit from written communication? A. Benny's hard of hearing and wants to ensure he caught everything the physician told him. XO B. Todd's five years old and the nurse isn't sure if he understands his diagno C. Rachel's losing sight in her left eye and is confused by the model the physical therapist used to locate bone fractures. D. Roger's speaks little English and the physician wants to ensure he understands how to take his prescription medication

Which of the following human diseases is caused by a virus that requires reverse transcriptase to transcribe its genome inside the host cell? a) herpesb) aidsc) smallpoxd) influenza

A35-year-old woman comes to the ed complaining of chest pressure. she has had such episodes intermittently over the last 5 years, usually when sleeping, but over the last year she has had more frequent severe symptoms that are occasionally associated with severe migraine headaches. the pain is midsternal and is described as pressure that extends as a band around her chest. the ed physician is initially dubious that the pain is cardiac in origin, because the woman has no coronary disease risk factors. an ecg, however, shows 2mm st-segment elevation and inverted t waves in leads v1 through v5 and 1mm st-segment depression in leads ii, iii, and avf. before the cardiologist arrives in the ed, the patient's ecg has returned to normal. this repeat normal ecg is obtained after the administration of aspirin, nitroglycerin, morphine, and oxygen. which of the following is most likely for these findings? - diffuse intimal thickening with focal areas of atherosclerotic narrowing - intermittent thrombus formation and lysis in the left anterior descending artery - intermittent thrombus formation and lysis in the right coronary artery - plaque rupture and thrombus formation in the left anterior descending artery - transiently increased coronary vascular tone in the right coronary artery

What is known about the role that insulin plays in the processing of blood sugar?