Urine turns bright yellow if larger than normal amounts of certain substances are consumed; one of these substances is asparagus.
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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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More than nineteen million Americans carry the factor V gene that causes blood clots, pulmonary embolism, and heart disease.
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Certain chemicals, after ingestion, can be converted by the body into cyanide. Most of these chemicals have been removed from the market, but some old nail polish remover, solvents, and plastics manufacturing solutions can contain these substances.
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Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
Properties of Ammonia
Reactions in assimilation of ammonia and major fates of the fixed nitrogen
Transport of ammonia to the liver for urea synthesis
Catabolism of uric acid to ammonia and CO2
A sample of baking soda is heated and releases carbon dioxide gas into a 1000-mL