Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system destroys its own healthy tissues. When this occurs, white blood cells cannot distinguish between pathogens and normal cells.
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Only 12 hours after an egg cell is fertilized by a sperm cell, the egg cell starts to divide. As it continues to divide, it moves along the fallopian tube toward the uterus at about 1 inch per day.
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According to animal studies, the typical American diet is damaging to the liver and may result in allergies, low energy, digestive problems, and a lack of ability to detoxify harmful substances.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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Automated pill dispensing systems have alarms to alert patients when the correct dosing time has arrived. Most systems work with many varieties of medications, so patients who are taking a variety of drugs can still be in control of their dose regimen.
Formation of Acid Rain
Acid Rain
Effects of Cloud Cover and Wind
Distribution and Forms of Precipitation: Rain
Major Wind Systems: Sea and Land Breezes
Average Precipitation Acidities and the Effects of Acid Rain
