Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
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Adult head lice are gray, about ? inch long, and often have a tiny dot on their backs. A female can lay between 50 and 150 eggs within the several weeks that she is alive. They feed on human blood.
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On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.
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The types of cancer that alpha interferons are used to treat include hairy cell leukemia, melanoma, follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma.
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Not getting enough sleep can greatly weaken the immune system. Lack of sleep makes you more likely to catch a cold, or more difficult to fight off an infection.
Scaling of Size to Other Traits.
The proboscis monkey demonstrates that large gut size contributes to a lower EQ.