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The senior population grows every year. Seniors older than 65 years of age now comprise more than 13% of the total population. However, women outlive men. In the 85-and-over age group, there are only 45 men to every 100 women.
There are major differences in the metabolism of morphine and the illegal drug heroin. Morphine mostly produces its CNS effects through m-receptors, and at k- and d-receptors. Heroin has a slight affinity for opiate receptors. Most of its actions are due to metabolism to active metabolites (6-acetylmorphine, morphine, and morphine-6-glucuronide).
After a vasectomy, it takes about 12 ejaculations to clear out sperm that were already beyond the blocked area.
The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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