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Could You Live Without Your Spleen?
Your spleen is a large organ inside your body, next to your stomach. But it’s actually attached not to your digestive system, but to your blood stream. Scientists have already discovered some of the spleen’s functions, but they’re not sure they’ve found them all. They do know that the spleen helps make new red blood [...]
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Leave a commentHave You Ever Received an Anesthetic?
An anesthetic is a drug given to a person before an operation so that he won’t feel pain. Even if you’ve never had a serious operation in a hospital, you probably received an anesthetic at some time in your life. There are two kinds of anesthetic: general and local. A general anesthetic produces unconsciousness, so [...]
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Leave a commentDoes Baldness Come from Poor Health?
Certain kinds of baldness accompany illnesses. For instance, scarlet fever, pneumonia, and typhoid fever can sometimes result in the loss of hair. Gland problems and an imbalance of certain hormones in the body can lead to baldness. So can poor nutrition, scalp disease, and poor care of the hair and scalp. But the kind of [...]
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Leave a commentWhy Are More People Right-Handed Than Left-Handed?
The right half of the brain controls the left side of the body, and the left side of the brain controls the right side of the body. In most people, the left side of the brain is better developed, so the right hand is stronger and more controllable than the left hand. But sometimes, the [...]
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14 CommentsWould a Tapeworm Really Increase Your Appetite?
Sometimes you might hear someone say: “You eat so much, you must have a tapeworm.” A tapeworm is a kind of flatworm that lives in the digestive tract of another animal or person, and takes in food which its host has partially digested. Many people believe that a person with a tapeworm will eat a [...]
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Leave a commentWhat Makes Your Body Tired?
When you move the muscles in your body, they produce a substance called sarcolactic acid, also called the “acid of fatigue.” When too much of this acid forms around a muscle, the muscle becomes “tired.” The same sarcolactic acid is found in your blood too, as it travels to all parts of your body. So [...]
What Is Arthritis?
The word arthritis means a swelling of the body joints, but not all arthritis involves swelling. In the type of arthritis known as rheumatism, the joints do swell up and eat into the cartilage that surrounds them. Since this cartilage acts as a sort of “shock absorber” around the joint, the loss of cartilage and [...]
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Leave a commentWhat Are Tetanus Shots For?
Tetanus is a disease caused by bacteria that secrete poisons. These bacteria usually enter the body through cuts or scratches. You may believe that tetanus can be caused only by cuts from old or rusty metal, but actually, a cut from any object can cause tetanus. That’s why when you get a serious cut, your [...]
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Leave a commentWhy Do You Yawn?
Sometimes when your body is very tired, your lungs and the rest of your respiratory system may slow down until there’s too little air in your lungs. As soon as this happens, your body sets off a quick movement, or spasm, in the muscles of your mouth, throat, and chest. This spasm forces you to [...]
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