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Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.
Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve small pieces of metal such as razor blades or staples.
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.
The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
Bisphosphonates were first developed in the nineteenth century. They were first investigated for use in disorders of bone metabolism in the 1960s. They are now used clinically for the treatment of osteoporosis, Paget's disease, bone metastasis, multiple myeloma, and other conditions that feature bone fragility.