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The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
When Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer, he called "zero degrees" the lowest temperature he was able to attain with a mixture of ice and salt. For the upper point of his scale, he used 96°, which he measured as normal human body temperature (we know it to be 98.6° today because of more accurate thermometers).
Lower drug doses for elderly patients should be used first, with titrations of the dose as tolerated to prevent unwanted drug-related pharmacodynamic effects.
Green tea is able to stop the scent of garlic or onion from causing bad breath.
People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.