Calcitonin is a naturally occurring hormone. In women who are at least 5 years beyond menopause, it slows bone loss and increases spinal bone density.
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Opium has influenced much of the world's most popular literature. The following authors were all opium users, of varying degrees: Lewis Carroll, Charles, Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Oscar Wilde.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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Vampire bats have a natural anticoagulant in their saliva that permits continuous bleeding after they painlessly open a wound with their incisors. This capillary blood does not cause any significant blood loss to their victims.
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Thyroid conditions may make getting pregnant impossible.
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All living apes possess rotating, suspensory shoulders, including humans.
Shope’s Model of Young Driver Crash Risks The model shows that many factors contribute to crash ris