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Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
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In 1885, the Lloyd Manufacturing Company of Albany, New York, promoted and sold "Cocaine Toothache Drops" at 15 cents per bottle! In 1914, the Harrison Narcotic Act brought the sale and distribution of this drug under federal control.
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Astigmatism is the most common vision problem. It may accompany nearsightedness or farsightedness. It is usually caused by an irregularly shaped cornea, but sometimes it is the result of an irregularly shaped lens. Either type can be corrected by eyeglasses, contact lenses, or refractive surgery.
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On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
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Eating food that has been cooked with poppy seeds may cause you to fail a drug screening test, because the seeds contain enough opiate alkaloids to register as a positive.
The Human Genetic Code
Global Dimensions
LION-HUMAN
Systems of the Human Body
Underside of human skull
Genome annotation of human chromosome 21