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Many people have small pouches in their colons that bulge outward through weak spots. Each pouch is called a diverticulum. About 10% of Americans older than age 40 years have diverticulosis, which, when the pouches become infected or inflamed, is called diverticulitis. The main cause of diverticular disease is a low-fiber diet.
Medications that are definitely not safe to take when breastfeeding include radioactive drugs, antimetabolites, some cancer (chemotherapy) agents, bromocriptine, ergotamine, methotrexate, and cyclosporine.
Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.
The B-complex vitamins and vitamin C are not stored in the body and must be replaced each day.
Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.