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To maintain good kidney function, you should drink at least 3 quarts of water daily. Water dilutes urine and helps prevent concentrations of salts and minerals that can lead to kidney stone formation. Chronic dehydration is a major contributor to the development of kidney stones.
The average human gut is home to perhaps 500 to 1,000 different species of bacteria.
Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
Asthma-like symptoms were first recorded about 3,500 years ago in Egypt. The first manuscript specifically written about asthma was in the year 1190, describing a condition characterized by sudden breathlessness. The treatments listed in this manuscript include chicken soup, herbs, and sexual abstinence.