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Allergies play a major part in the health of children. The most prevalent childhood allergies are milk, egg, soy, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, and seafood.
There are major differences in the metabolism of morphine and the illegal drug heroin. Morphine mostly produces its CNS effects through m-receptors, and at k- and d-receptors. Heroin has a slight affinity for opiate receptors. Most of its actions are due to metabolism to active metabolites (6-acetylmorphine, morphine, and morphine-6-glucuronide).
Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.
Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.

