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Many people have small pouches in their colons that bulge outward through weak spots. Each pouch is called a diverticulum. About 10% of Americans older than age 40 years have diverticulosis, which, when the pouches become infected or inflamed, is called diverticulitis. The main cause of diverticular disease is a low-fiber diet.
Vampire bats have a natural anticoagulant in their saliva that permits continuous bleeding after they painlessly open a wound with their incisors. This capillary blood does not cause any significant blood loss to their victims.
Earwax has antimicrobial properties that reduce the viability of bacteria and fungus in the human ear.
More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.