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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
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.
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.
Lower drug doses for elderly patients should be used first, with titrations of the dose as tolerated to prevent unwanted drug-related pharmacodynamic effects.
Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.