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According to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, lung disease is the third leading killer in the United States, responsible for one in seven deaths. It is the leading cause of death among infants under the age of one year.
The human body's pharmacokinetics are quite varied. Our hair holds onto drugs longer than our urine, blood, or saliva. For example, alcohol can be detected in the hair for up to 90 days after it was consumed. The same is true for marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy, heroin, methamphetamine, and nicotine.
The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.
Eat fiber! A diet high in fiber can help lower cholesterol levels by as much as 10%.
Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.