Alzheimer's disease affects only about 10% of people older than 65 years of age. Most forms of decreased mental function and dementia are caused by disuse (letting the mind get lazy).
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If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
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The average adult has about 21 square feet of skin.
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It is widely believed that giving a daily oral dose of aspirin to heart attack patients improves their chances of survival because the aspirin blocks the formation of new blood clots.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
The most abundant elements found in living organisms
Steller sea lions haul out on a rock off the coast of Raspberry Island (Alaska)
Atlatl mammoth ivory "creeping hyena", found in La Madeleine rock shelter, dated back to c