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Eat fiber! A diet high in fiber can help lower cholesterol levels by as much as 10%.
GI conditions that will keep you out of the U.S. armed services include ulcers, varices, fistulas, esophagitis, gastritis, congenital abnormalities, inflammatory bowel disease, enteritis, colitis, proctitis, duodenal diverticula, malabsorption syndromes, hepatitis, cirrhosis, cysts, abscesses, pancreatitis, polyps, certain hemorrhoids, splenomegaly, hernias, recent abdominal surgery, GI bypass or stomach stapling, and artificial GI openings.
Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.
Oliver Wendell Holmes is credited with introducing the words "anesthesia" and "anesthetic" into the English language in 1846.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that all women age 65 years of age or older should be screened with bone densitometry.