In ancient Rome, many of the richer people in the population had lead-induced gout. The reason for this is unclear. Lead poisoning has also been linked to madness.
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No drugs are available to relieve parathyroid disease. Parathyroid disease is caused by a parathyroid tumor, and it needs to be removed by surgery.
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Green tea is able to stop the scent of garlic or onion from causing bad breath.
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The Babylonians wrote numbers in a system that used 60 as the base value rather than the number 10. They did not have a symbol for "zero."
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According to the CDC, approximately 31.7% of the U.S. population has high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or "bad cholesterol" levels.
A Mitochondrion Converts Energy from Fuel Molecules into ATP
Some of the many small molecules found in cells
Surface molecules involved in the interaction between an antigen-presenting cell and a CD4+ T cell.