People with alcoholism are at a much greater risk of malnutrition than are other people and usually exhibit low levels of most vitamins (especially folic acid). This is because alcohol often takes the place of 50% of their daily intake of calories, with little nutritional value contained in it.
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Adult head lice are gray, about ? inch long, and often have a tiny dot on their backs. A female can lay between 50 and 150 eggs within the several weeks that she is alive. They feed on human blood.
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Long-term mental and physical effects from substance abuse include: paranoia, psychosis, immune deficiencies, and organ damage.
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The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.
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There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.
Convergent evolution in body forms
computer model of the AIDS virus
Common Homophones
Patients unable to stand may be weighed using a chair scale.
