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All patients with hyperparathyroidism will develop osteoporosis. The parathyroid glands maintain blood calcium within the normal range. All patients with this disease will continue to lose calcium from their bones every day, and there is no way to prevent the development of osteoporosis as a result.
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ACTH levels are normally highest in the early morning (between 6 and 8 A.M.) and lowest in the evening (between 6 and 11 P.M.). Therefore, a doctor who suspects abnormal levels looks for low ACTH in the morning and high ACTH in the evening.
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Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
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Colchicine is a highly poisonous alkaloid originally extracted from a type of saffron plant that is used mainly to treat gout.
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Of the estimated 2 million heroin users in the United States, 600,000–800,000 are considered hardcore addicts. Heroin addiction is considered to be one of the hardest addictions to recover from.
The American clipper ship, Red Jacket, off Cape Horn, sails from Australia to Liverpool, England, in
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A funnel helps in hearing if the electric fuel pump inside the gas tank is working.
Photo of a sign taken at an emissions test facility.
Honey should never be given to children younger than one year of age