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There are more sensory neurons in the tongue than in any other part of the body.
People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
A seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to reduce the chances you will get seasonal influenza and spread it to others.
There used to be a metric calendar, as well as metric clocks. The metric calendar, or "French Republican Calendar" divided the year into 12 months, but each month was divided into three 10-day weeks. Each day had 10 decimal hours. Each hour had 100 decimal minutes. Due to lack of popularity, the metric clocks and calendars were ended in 1795, three years after they had been first marketed.
Despite claims by manufacturers, the supplement known as Ginkgo biloba was shown in a study of more than 3,000 participants to be ineffective in reducing development of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in older people.