If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
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Approximately one in four people diagnosed with diabetes will develop foot problems. Of these, about one-third will require lower extremity amputation.
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During the twentieth century, a variant of the metric system was used in Russia and France in which the base unit of mass was the tonne. Instead of kilograms, this system used millitonnes (mt).
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More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
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People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
Audiometry. The child in this photograph is undergoing a hearing test with an audiologist.
Early in the twentieth century, when malnutrition was common, companies such as this one advertised
The grand opening of the huge Miraflores lock on the Panama Canal in October, 1914. The locks were b
Parenting Styles Reported by a Representative Sample of American Adolescents
Locations of Broca’s Area, Wernicke’s Area, and Associated Areas Involved in Language Deficits