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More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.
The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
To prove that stomach ulcers were caused by bacteria and not by stress, a researcher consumed an entire laboratory beaker full of bacterial culture. After this, he did indeed develop stomach ulcers, and won the Nobel Prize for his discovery.
Multiple sclerosis is a condition wherein the body's nervous system is weakened by an autoimmune reaction that attacks the myelin sheaths of neurons.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that all women age 65 years of age or older should be screened with bone densitometry.