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Chronic marijuana use can damage the white blood cells and reduce the immune system's ability to respond to disease by as much as 40%. Without a strong immune system, the body is vulnerable to all kinds of degenerative and infectious diseases.
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Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve small pieces of metal such as razor blades or staples.
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Bisphosphonates were first developed in the nineteenth century. They were first investigated for use in disorders of bone metabolism in the 1960s. They are now used clinically for the treatment of osteoporosis, Paget's disease, bone metastasis, multiple myeloma, and other conditions that feature bone fragility.
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved Risperdal, an adult antipsychotic drug, for the symptomatic treatment of irritability in children and adolescents with autism. The approval is the first for the use of a drug to treat behaviors associated with autism in children. These behaviors are included under the general heading of irritability and include aggression, deliberate self-injury, and temper tantrums.
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The training of an anesthesiologist typically requires four years of college, 4 years of medical school, 1 year of internship, and 3 years of residency.
Comparison of the radius of fruits produced by native and introduced species of Sapindaceae
Human body cavities and membranes
The supralaryngeal airway in a chimpanzee and a human.
Cross-section view of the human eye.
The time spent in each interval of one complete cell cycle of a human cell in culture
Opener A human X chromosome highlighted using fluorescence in situ hybridization