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An identified risk factor for osteoporosis is the intake of excessive amounts of vitamin A. Dietary intake of approximately double the recommended daily amount of vitamin A, by women, has been shown to reduce bone mineral density and increase the chances for hip fractures compared with women who consumed the recommended daily amount (or less) of vitamin A.
Of the estimated 2 million heroin users in the United States, 600,000–800,000 are considered hardcore addicts. Heroin addiction is considered to be one of the hardest addictions to recover from.
Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.
There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.