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Elderly adults are living longer, and causes of death are shifting. At the same time, autopsy rates are at or near their lowest in history.
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Tobacco depletes the body of vitamins A, C, and E, which can result in any of the following: dry hair, dry skin, dry eyes, poor growth, night blindness, abscesses, insomnia, fatigue, reproductive system problems, sinusitis, pneumonia, frequent respiratory problems, skin disorders, weight loss, rickets, osteomalacia, nervousness, muscle spasms, leg cramps, extremity numbness, bone malformations, decayed teeth, difficulty in walking, irritability, restlessness, profuse sweating, increased uric acid (gout), joint damage, damaged red blood cells, destruction of nerves, infertility, miscarriage, and many types of cancer.
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Atropine was named after the Greek goddess Atropos, the oldest and ugliest of the three sisters known as the Fates, who controlled the destiny of men.
Mutualisms, such as those that occur among plants and pollinators, generally involve large numbers o
Tesem, an old Egyptian sighthound-like dog.
A Royal Bengal Tiger, the largest big cat in Bannerghatta National Park, India
Queen Victoria and her family, and a pedigree showing the transmission of hemophilia in the British
From paintings, such as this one of Sir Walter Raleigh from 1602, some historians conclude that ...
Conventions and Techniques of Egyptian Pictorial Relief