About 600,000 particles of skin are shed every hour by each human. If you live to age 70 years, you have shed 105 pounds of dead skin.
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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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Nitroglycerin is used to alleviate various heart-related conditions, and it is also the chief component of dynamite (but mixed in a solid clay base to stabilize it).
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Serum cholesterol testing in adults is recommended every 1 to 5 years. People with diabetes and a family history of high cholesterol should be tested even more frequently.
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The ratio of hydrogen atoms to oxygen in water (H2O) is 2:1.
Changes in boreal forest composition along a chronosequence in Quebec. Dates refer to the year of th
American Red Squirrel
This portrait of Thomas Jefferson is considered an accurate likeness, painted when he was thirty-sev
By distancing themselves from the social reformers, early American sociologists ignored female ...
Marasmus The emaciated appearance of this child is a sign (and symptom) of marasmus
Receptive language usually develops before expressive language