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Many of the drugs used by neuroscientists are derived from toxic plants and venomous animals (such as snakes, spiders, snails, and puffer fish).

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As many as 28% of hospitalized patients requiring mechanical ventilators to help them breathe (for more than 48 hours) will develop ventilator-associated pneumonia. Current therapy involves intravenous antibiotics, but new antibiotics that can be inhaled (and more directly treat the infection) are being developed.

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People often find it difficult to accept the idea that bacteria can be beneficial and improve health. Lactic acid bacteria are good, and when eaten, these bacteria improve health and increase longevity. These bacteria included in foods such as yogurt.

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When Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer, he called "zero degrees" the lowest temperature he was able to attain with a mixture of ice and salt. For the upper point of his scale, he used 96°, which he measured as normal human body temperature (we know it to be 98.6° today because of more accurate thermometers).

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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.

The formation of a chimeric gene that is found in people with certain forms of leukemia. The formation of a chimeric gene that is found in people with certain forms of leukemia.
Vesalius’s De Humani Corporis Fabrica was an important early work on the human species. Vesalius’s De Humani Corporis Fabrica was an important early work on the human species.
The physician and medical assistant will often work together to choose appropriate educational ... The physician and medical assistant will often work together to choose appropriate educational ...
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Two ways of treating blocked coronary arteries, the main cause of heart attacks in older adults. Two ways of treating blocked coronary arteries, the main cause of heart attacks in older adults.
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