Serum cholesterol testing in adults is recommended every 1 to 5 years. People with diabetes and a family history of high cholesterol should be tested even more frequently.
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It is difficult to obtain enough calcium without consuming milk or other dairy foods.
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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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Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
Many hobbies and leisure activities have some risk of health-related injuries
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With their specialized language and activities, surfers are highly recognized as members of a ...