Alzheimer's disease affects only about 10% of people older than 65 years of age. Most forms of decreased mental function and dementia are caused by disuse (letting the mind get lazy).
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Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.
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Every 10 seconds, a person in the United States goes to the emergency room complaining of head pain. About 1.2 million visits are for acute migraine attacks.
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There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in every adult human.
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Throughout history, plants containing cardiac steroids have been used as heart drugs and as poisons (e.g., in arrows used in combat), emetics, and diuretics.
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Herniated disk. A herniated disk is a protrusion of the disk’s gelatinous center, called the nucleus
Head binding, or artificial deformation, was used by some populations as a sign of identity.
The Kingsley plantation, on Fort George Island in Jacksonville, Florida. Zephaniah Kingsley, the own