Throughout history, plants containing cardiac steroids have been used as heart drugs and as poisons (e.g., in arrows used in combat), emetics, and diuretics.
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The modern decimal position system was the invention of the Hindus (around 800 AD), involving the placing of numerals to indicate their value (units, tens, hundreds, and so on).
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One way to reduce acid reflux is to lose two or three pounds. Most people lose weight in the belly area first when they increase exercise, meaning that heartburn can be reduced quickly by this method.
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Your chance of developing a kidney stone is 1 in 10. In recent years, approximately 3.7 million people in the United States were diagnosed with a kidney disease.
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There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.
Septa divide hyphae of higher fungi into compartments.
The nervous system is described as having two interconnected divisions: the central nervous system (
Mitochondria known as power house of the cell
The heavily worn, and sometimes cutmarked, anterior teeth of Neadertals suggest that these teeth wer
Items that would be difficult to replace bearing legal significance are sent by certified mail.