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Certain rare plants containing cyanide include apricot pits and a type of potato called cassava. Fortunately, only chronic or massive ingestion of any of these plants can lead to serious poisoning.
Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
The average human gut is home to perhaps 500 to 1,000 different species of bacteria.
About 80% of major fungal systemic infections are due to Candida albicans. Another form, Candida peritonitis, occurs most often in postoperative patients. A rare disease, Candida meningitis, may follow leukemia, kidney transplant, other immunosuppressed factors, or when suffering from Candida septicemia.
There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.