Elderly adults are living longer, and causes of death are shifting. At the same time, autopsy rates are at or near their lowest in history.
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When Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer, he called "zero degrees" the lowest temperature he was able to attain with a mixture of ice and salt. For the upper point of his scale, he used 96°, which he measured as normal human body temperature (we know it to be 98.6° today because of more accurate thermometers).
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Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
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The Babylonians wrote numbers in a system that used 60 as the base value rather than the number 10. They did not have a symbol for "zero."
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Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.
Microscopic components of osseous tissue.
Common Blood Chemistry Tests
Common Symptoms of Schizophrenia
Some common eye disorders. (A) Conjunctivitis (“pinkeye”).
