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function

[fuhngk-shuhn] / ˈfʌŋk ʃən /




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Patients who received finerenone in addition to standard treatment experienced a significantly slower decline in kidney function compared with those receiving standard care alone.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

These include when the electrical impulses that regulate heartbeats don't function properly, or when the walls of the heart become inflamed or damaged.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Things changed in January 2025, when Bass was more than 7,000 miles away at a diplomatic function in Ghana when the Palisades fire broke out.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

It is active in several organs, including the heart and the brain, where it supports healthy nerve cell function.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

Indeed, a primary function of any racial caste system is to define the meaning of race in its time.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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