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More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.
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Bacteria have flourished on the earth for over three billion years. They were the first life forms on the planet.
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GI conditions that will keep you out of the U.S. armed services include ulcers, varices, fistulas, esophagitis, gastritis, congenital abnormalities, inflammatory bowel disease, enteritis, colitis, proctitis, duodenal diverticula, malabsorption syndromes, hepatitis, cirrhosis, cysts, abscesses, pancreatitis, polyps, certain hemorrhoids, splenomegaly, hernias, recent abdominal surgery, GI bypass or stomach stapling, and artificial GI openings.
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Historic treatments for rheumatoid arthritis have included gold salts, acupuncture, a diet consisting of apples or rhubarb, nutmeg, nettles, bee venom, bracelets made of copper, prayer, rest, tooth extractions, fasting, honey, vitamins, insulin, snow collected on Christmas, magnets, and electric convulsion therapy.
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Giardia is one of the most common intestinal parasites worldwide, and infects up to 20% of the world population, mostly in poorer countries with inadequate sanitation. Infections are most common in children, though chronic Giardia is more common in adults.
Some male birds and mammals congregate in communal courting grounds called leks.
Example of the Tabular List and instructional notes (conventions).
A resonance tube, called a Helmholtz resonator, is used on the intake duct between the air filter ...
A Gaucher cell showing accumulated fat stored in structures called lysosomes
The nucleus is bounded by a double membrane called the nuclear envelope
A commercially available DNA microarray, called a GeneChip, marketed by Affymetrix, Inc