Serum cholesterol testing in adults is recommended every 1 to 5 years. People with diabetes and a family history of high cholesterol should be tested even more frequently.
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If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.
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Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.
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By definition, when a medication is administered intravenously, its bioavailability is 100%.
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The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
Dish from Ecuador called "Cuy"
Infant monkey is shown with cloth mother from Harlow’s studies.
Desmosomes and gap junctions, as shown in heart muscle.
Adolf Hitler, shown here in Nuremberg in 1938, was one of the most influential—and evil—persons ...
Shown here is Pope Leo III crowning Charlemagne king of the Franks in 800.