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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The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.
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Multiple sclerosis is a condition wherein the body's nervous system is weakened by an autoimmune reaction that attacks the myelin sheaths of neurons.
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Patients should never assume they are being given the appropriate drugs. They should make sure they know which drugs are being prescribed, and always double-check that the drugs received match the prescription.
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Eat fiber! A diet high in fiber can help lower cholesterol levels by as much as 10%.
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Scaling of Size to Other Traits.
Familial Risks for Multifactorial Threshold Traits
Representative Recessive and Dominant Human Traits