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Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve small pieces of metal such as razor blades or staples.
A serious new warning has been established for pregnant women against taking ACE inhibitors during pregnancy. In the study, the risk of major birth defects in children whose mothers took ACE inhibitors during the first trimester was nearly three times higher than in children whose mothers didn't take ACE inhibitors. Physicians can prescribe alternative medications for pregnant women who have symptoms of high blood pressure.
A strange skin disease referred to as Morgellons has occurred in the southern United States and in California. Symptoms include slowly healing sores, joint pain, persistent fatigue, and a sensation of things crawling through the skin. Another symptom is strange-looking, threadlike extrusions coming out of the skin.
Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.
The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.