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By definition, when a medication is administered intravenously, its bioavailability is 100%.
According to the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, more than 50 million Americans have some kind of food allergy. Food allergies affect between 4 and 6% of children, and 4% of adults, according to the CDC. The most common food allergies include shellfish, peanuts, walnuts, fish, eggs, milk, and soy.
Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
Alzheimer's disease affects only about 10% of people older than 65 years of age. Most forms of decreased mental function and dementia are caused by disuse (letting the mind get lazy).
Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.