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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
The B-complex vitamins and vitamin C are not stored in the body and must be replaced each day.
For high blood pressure (hypertension), a new class of drug, called a vasopeptidase blocker (inhibitor), has been developed. It decreases blood pressure by simultaneously dilating the peripheral arteries and increasing the body's loss of salt.
Prostaglandins were first isolated from human semen in Sweden in the 1930s. They were so named because the researcher thought that they came from the prostate gland. In fact, prostaglandins exist and are synthesized in almost every cell of the body.