The average older adult in the United States takes five prescription drugs per day. Half of these drugs contain a sedative. Alcohol should therefore be avoided by most senior citizens because of the dangerous interactions between alcohol and sedatives.
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Eat fiber! A diet high in fiber can help lower cholesterol levels by as much as 10%.
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More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.
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The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
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The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
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Evolution of the Sun's luminosity, radius and effective temperature compared to the present Sun