If you see a product label that lists 鈥済uar gum" or "cellulose gum鈥� among its ingredients you would probably expect to chew rather than lick.聽But these substances are critical to making a smooth...
Inhaling the breath of a duck that was captured in a test tube was once used to treat disorders of the mouth and throat in children. Talk about quack medicine!
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鈥淣atural Health Products鈥� encompass a large variety of substances, ranging from vitamins and herbal supplements to homeopathic 鈥渞emedies.鈥� Because there is much confusion about how these products...
Fujian Province in south-east China has the highest incidence of respiratory and gastrointestinal tract cancers in the whole country.聽The culprit in all likelihood is well water which is...
Danbury, Connecticut used to be the center of the American hat industry.聽It was also known for the 鈥淒anbury shakes,鈥� a condition that encompassed tremors, incoherent speech, difficulty in walking...
Phocomelia is a birth defect that has been linked to the drug thalidomide. This word derives from the Greek words for 鈥渟eal鈥� and 鈥渓imb.鈥� Thalidomide prescribed to pregnant women for morning...
