The senior population grows every year. Seniors older than 65 years of age now comprise more than 13% of the total population. However, women outlive men. In the 85-and-over age group, there are only 45 men to every 100 women.
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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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Eat fiber! A diet high in fiber can help lower cholesterol levels by as much as 10%.
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Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
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The most destructive flu epidemic of all times in recorded history occurred in 1918, with approximately 20 million deaths worldwide.
Calvin Cycle
Calvin Cycle
Overview of Pyruvate Oxidation and the Citric Acid Cycle