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The tallest man ever known was Robert Wadlow, an American, who reached the height of 8 feet 11 inches. He died at age 26 years from an infection caused by the immense weight of his body (491 pounds) and the stress on his leg bones and muscles.
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Tobacco depletes the body of vitamins A, C, and E, which can result in any of the following: dry hair, dry skin, dry eyes, poor growth, night blindness, abscesses, insomnia, fatigue, reproductive system problems, sinusitis, pneumonia, frequent respiratory problems, skin disorders, weight loss, rickets, osteomalacia, nervousness, muscle spasms, leg cramps, extremity numbness, bone malformations, decayed teeth, difficulty in walking, irritability, restlessness, profuse sweating, increased uric acid (gout), joint damage, damaged red blood cells, destruction of nerves, infertility, miscarriage, and many types of cancer.
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Today, nearly 8 out of 10 pregnant women living with HIV (about 1.1 million), receive antiretrovirals.
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Hyperthyroidism leads to an increased rate of metabolism and affects about 1% of women but only 0.1% of men. For most people, this increased metabolic rate causes the thyroid gland to become enlarged (known as a goiter).
Conjunctivitis, with the characteristic “pinkeye” appearance. A yellow crusty exudate is also common
Three days after the Boston Marathon explosion, the FBI released this photograph that had been taken
How to write a quadratic equation in standard form when a graph is given
A ship is being pulled through a harbor at constant velocity by two tugboats as shown in the ...
The line with the equation y=5x+12 intersects the parabola with equation y=xsqared+7x-3 at the ...
Type III curve. Mortality is highest early in life. Data for a desert shrub (Cleome droserifolia).