Calcitonin is a naturally occurring hormone. In women who are at least 5 years beyond menopause, it slows bone loss and increases spinal bone density.
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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.
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If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
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The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.
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Lower drug doses for elderly patients should be used first, with titrations of the dose as tolerated to prevent unwanted drug-related pharmacodynamic effects.
In 1948 the strongly Republican Chicago Daily Tribune printed its postelection headlines before all ...