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Stroke kills people from all ethnic backgrounds, but the people at highest risk for fatal strokes are: black men, black women, Asian men, white men, and white women.
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The toxic levels for lithium carbonate are close to the therapeutic levels. Signs of toxicity include fine hand tremor, polyuria, mild thirst, nausea, general discomfort, diarrhea, vomiting, drowsiness, muscular weakness, lack of coordination, ataxia, giddiness, tinnitus, and blurred vision.
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The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
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Historic treatments for rheumatoid arthritis have included gold salts, acupuncture, a diet consisting of apples or rhubarb, nutmeg, nettles, bee venom, bracelets made of copper, prayer, rest, tooth extractions, fasting, honey, vitamins, insulin, snow collected on Christmas, magnets, and electric convulsion therapy.
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Coca-Cola originally used coca leaves and caffeine from the African kola nut. It was advertised as a therapeutic agent and "pickerupper." Eventually, its formulation was changed, and the coca leaves were removed because of the effects of regulation on cocaine-related products.
Transfer of lamda prophage during conjugation can trigger lysis
Basal cell carcinoma, a frequent type of skin cancer that rarely metastasizes.
What type of errors are these: calling only large dogs a dog and calling a dog a kitty?
Kitagawa Utamaro, The Fickle Type, from the series Ten Physiognomies of Women.
Cycads, a Type of Gymnosperm
TYPE I and TYPE II CUTANEOUS MECHANORECEPTORS