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If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
Urine turns bright yellow if larger than normal amounts of certain substances are consumed; one of these substances is asparagus.
One way to reduce acid reflux is to lose two or three pounds. Most people lose weight in the belly area first when they increase exercise, meaning that heartburn can be reduced quickly by this method.
Asthma-like symptoms were first recorded about 3,500 years ago in Egypt. The first manuscript specifically written about asthma was in the year 1190, describing a condition characterized by sudden breathlessness. The treatments listed in this manuscript include chicken soup, herbs, and sexual abstinence.
In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.