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Every flu season is different, and even healthy people can get extremely sick from the flu, as well as spread it to others. The flu season can begin as early as October and last as late as May. Every person over six months of age should get an annual flu vaccine. The vaccine cannot cause you to get influenza, but in some seasons, may not be completely able to prevent you from acquiring influenza due to changes in causative viruses. The viruses in the flu shot are killed—there is no way they can give you the flu. Minor side effects include soreness, redness, or swelling where the shot was given. It is possible to develop a slight fever, and body aches, but these are simply signs that the body is responding to the vaccine and making itself ready to fight off the influenza virus should you come in contact with it.
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Adolescents often feel clumsy during puberty because during this time of development, their hands and feet grow faster than their arms and legs do. The body is therefore out of proportion. One out of five adolescents actually experiences growing pains during this period.
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To prove that stomach ulcers were caused by bacteria and not by stress, a researcher consumed an entire laboratory beaker full of bacterial culture. After this, he did indeed develop stomach ulcers, and won the Nobel Prize for his discovery.
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The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
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There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
Structure of a typical prokaryotic cell
Typical DSO survey in Celestia
A typical heated zirconia oxygen sensor, showing the sensor signal circuit that uses the outer ...
A typical belt-driven AIR pump. Air enters through the revolving fins behind the drive pulley. The ...
Bell’s palsy, showing typical drooping of one side of the face.
Typical box used for the disposal of bagged, sealed, and autoclaved biological waste.