Certain rare plants containing cyanide include apricot pits and a type of potato called cassava. Fortunately, only chronic or massive ingestion of any of these plants can lead to serious poisoning.
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Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.
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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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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA was discovered in 1961 in the United Kingdom. It if often referred to as a superbug. MRSA infections cause more deaths in the United States every year than AIDS.
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The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
Auguste Comte (1798–1857), who is credited as the founder of sociology, began to analyze the bases ...
In the reaction C(s) + O2(g) CO2(g) carbon is __________.
Transmission genetics began with the study of pea plants.