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 most common treatment options for addiction include psychotherapy, support groups, and individual counseling.
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Long-term mental and physical effects from substance abuse include: paranoia, psychosis, immune deficiencies, and organ damage.
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Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
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There are approximately 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year.
The experiment of Plaxton and his colleagues demonstrated that plants can alter their metabolism in