If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
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Stevens-Johnson syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis syndrome are life-threatening reactions that can result in death. Complications include permanent blindness, dry-eye syndrome, lung damage, photophobia, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, permanent loss of nail beds, scarring of mucous membranes, arthritis, and chronic fatigue syndrome. Many patients' pores scar shut, causing them to retain heat.
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Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.
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The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
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After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
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Transplantation of an extra stomach and length of intestine in a rat. Koopmans (1981) implanted an ...