Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.
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About 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.
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Parkinson's disease is both chronic and progressive. This means that it persists over a long period of time and that its symptoms grow worse over time.
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In ancient Rome, many of the richer people in the population had lead-induced gout. The reason for this is unclear. Lead poisoning has also been linked to madness.
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If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
Male killer whale depicted in St Mary's in Greifswald, Germany, 1545
Coat of Arms of Sauerlach, Germany
Tragöss, Austria
(a) The Petralona cranium from Greece. (b) The Steinheim cranium from Germany.
Kneipp treatment: Upper affusion with hose at the Biltz Sanitarium in Weisbaden, Germany, 1898.