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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.
Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.
More than 50% of American adults have oral herpes, which is commonly known as "cold sores" or "fever blisters." The herpes virus can be active on the skin surface without showing any signs or causing any symptoms.
Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that all women age 65 years of age or older should be screened with bone densitometry.