According to the CDC, approximately 31.7% of the U.S. population has high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or "bad cholesterol" levels.
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To combat osteoporosis, changes in lifestyle and diet are recommended. At-risk patients should include 1,200 to 1,500 mg of calcium daily either via dietary means or with supplements.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes is credited with introducing the words "anesthesia" and "anesthetic" into the English language in 1846.
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The immune system needs 9.5 hours of sleep in total darkness to recharge completely.
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Most women experience menopause in their 50s. However, in 1994, an Italian woman gave birth to a baby boy when she was 61 years old.
Artist's conception of the birth of a star within a dense molecular cloud.
Uranus's southern hemisphere in approximate natural colour (left) and in shorter wavelengths (r
Anish Kapoor, Cloud Gate.
Cloud Types: High Clouds
Condensation and Cloud Formation
Modern-day dust cloud blowing from Africa’s Sahara