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It is difficult to obtain enough calcium without consuming milk or other dairy foods.
About 600,000 particles of skin are shed every hour by each human. If you live to age 70 years, you have shed 105 pounds of dead skin.
Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
There are major differences in the metabolism of morphine and the illegal drug heroin. Morphine mostly produces its CNS effects through m-receptors, and at k- and d-receptors. Heroin has a slight affinity for opiate receptors. Most of its actions are due to metabolism to active metabolites (6-acetylmorphine, morphine, and morphine-6-glucuronide).
People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.