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Bisphosphonates were first developed in the nineteenth century. They were first investigated for use in disorders of bone metabolism in the 1960s. They are now used clinically for the treatment of osteoporosis, Paget's disease, bone metastasis, multiple myeloma, and other conditions that feature bone fragility.
Urine turns bright yellow if larger than normal amounts of certain substances are consumed; one of these substances is asparagus.
The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
Your skin wrinkles if you stay in the bathtub a long time because the outermost layer of skin (which consists of dead keratin) swells when it absorbs water. It is tightly attached to the skin below it, so it compensates for the increased area by wrinkling. This happens to the hands and feet because they have the thickest layer of dead keratin cells.