Elderly adults are living longer, and causes of death are shifting. At the same time, autopsy rates are at or near their lowest in history.
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Walt Disney helped combat malaria by making an animated film in 1943 called The Winged Scourge. This short film starred the seven dwarfs and taught children that mosquitos transmit malaria, which is a very bad disease. It advocated the killing of mosquitos to stop the disease.
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People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
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There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.
Developmental regulation of human globin genes
Many human diseases are caused by mutations in single genes