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People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.
An identified risk factor for osteoporosis is the intake of excessive amounts of vitamin A. Dietary intake of approximately double the recommended daily amount of vitamin A, by women, has been shown to reduce bone mineral density and increase the chances for hip fractures compared with women who consumed the recommended daily amount (or less) of vitamin A.
Hippocrates noted that blood separates into four differently colored liquids when removed from the body and examined: a pure red liquid mixed with white liquid material with a yellow-colored froth at the top and a black substance that settles underneath; he named these the four humors (for blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile).
Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.