Which digestive organ is the last organ food passes through before reaching your stomach

What is difference between an epidemic and a pandemic? a) an epidemic is a disease; a pandemic is a treatment.b) an epidemic is restricted to a local region; a pandemic is global.c) an epidemic has low mortality; a pandemic has higher mortality.d) an epidemic is caused by a bacterial infection; a pandemic is caused by a viral infection.

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

About how many individuals in the us go bankrupt each year due to medical bills?