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The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
Elderly adults are living longer, and causes of death are shifting. At the same time, autopsy rates are at or near their lowest in history.
The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates’s recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.
The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria on it than a toilet.
The heart is located in the center of the chest, with part of it tipped slightly so that it taps against the left side of the chest.