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Throughout history, plants containing cardiac steroids have been used as heart drugs and as poisons (e.g., in arrows used in combat), emetics, and diuretics.
The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
The most common treatment options for addiction include psychotherapy, support groups, and individual counseling.
Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
Chronic necrotizing aspergillosis has a slowly progressive process that, unlike invasive aspergillosis, does not spread to other organ systems or the blood vessels. It most often affects middle-aged and elderly individuals, spreading to surrounding tissue in the lungs. The disease often does not respond to conventionally successful treatments, and requires individualized therapies in order to keep it from becoming life-threatening.