During the twentieth century, a variant of the metric system was used in Russia and France in which the base unit of mass was the tonne. Instead of kilograms, this system used millitonnes (mt).
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Despite claims by manufacturers, the supplement known as Ginkgo biloba was shown in a study of more than 3,000 participants to be ineffective in reducing development of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in older people.
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Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
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Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
