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Before a vaccine is licensed in the USA, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reviews it for safety and effectiveness. The CDC then reviews all studies again, as well as the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Physicians. Every lot of vaccine is tested before administration to the public, and the FDA regularly inspects vaccine manufacturers' facilities.
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When Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer, he called "zero degrees" the lowest temperature he was able to attain with a mixture of ice and salt. For the upper point of his scale, he used 96°, which he measured as normal human body temperature (we know it to be 98.6° today because of more accurate thermometers).
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The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.
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Studies show that systolic blood pressure can be significantly lowered by taking statins. In fact, the higher the patient's baseline blood pressure, the greater the effect of statins on his or her blood pressure.
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Adult head lice are gray, about ? inch long, and often have a tiny dot on their backs. A female can lay between 50 and 150 eggs within the several weeks that she is alive. They feed on human blood.
Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev engage in a “kitchen debate” ...
Example of the Index to External Causes.
Other Endocrine Tissues and Organs, Eicosanoids, and Growth Factors
After 159 days,she paid a maturity value of $11,626, which included interest of $814.
Genes and Risk Factors for Alzheimer Disease
The Wind Chill Index.