Adult head lice are gray, about ? inch long, and often have a tiny dot on their backs. A female can lay between 50 and 150 eggs within the several weeks that she is alive. They feed on human blood.
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After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
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Malaria mortality rates are falling. Increased malaria prevention and control measures have greatly improved these rates. Since 2000, malaria mortality rates have fallen globally by 60% among all age groups, and by 65% among children under age 5.
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In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
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Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
Every state has a two-letter abbreviation.
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This isn’t exactly what’s meant by the phrase “You are what you eat,” but it’s close