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Calcitonin is a naturally occurring hormone. In women who are at least 5 years beyond menopause, it slows bone loss and increases spinal bone density.
Limit intake of red meat and dairy products made with whole milk. Choose skim milk, low-fat or fat-free dairy products. Limit fried food. Use healthy oils when cooking.
The heart is located in the center of the chest, with part of it tipped slightly so that it taps against the left side of the chest.
The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
As many as 28% of hospitalized patients requiring mechanical ventilators to help them breathe (for more than 48 hours) will develop ventilator-associated pneumonia. Current therapy involves intravenous antibiotics, but new antibiotics that can be inhaled (and more directly treat the infection) are being developed.
Photosynthetic thylakoid membranes and numerous gas vesicles found in a cell of the cyanobacterial g
The Red-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis amictus is a large species of bee-eater found in the Indo-Malay
Anatomically modern humans from the Israeli cave sites of Skhul and Qafzeh may be the earliest found


