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• Insects (including Butterflies)
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  Cockroach

  Cockroaches are insects of the Order Blattodea. There are roughly 3,500 species in 6 families. Cockroaches exist worldwide, with the exception of the polar regions. Cockroaches are also simply known ... > more
• Heart Disease
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  Cholesterol
   
  

  Artery

  Arteries are muscular vessels that carry blood away from the heart. They are contrasted with veins, which carry blood toward the heart. The circulatory system is extremely important in sustaining ... > more
• Nutrition
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  Raw food diet

  A raw food diet consists of uncooked and unprocessed, and often organic foods. A raw food diet consists fully of foods which have not been heated above a certain temperature. The maximum temperature ... > more
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  Tic

  A tic is a sudden, repetitive, stereotyped, nonrhythmic, involuntary movement (motor tic) or sound (phonic tic) that involves discrete groups of muscles. Tics can be invisible to the observer (e.g.; ... > more
• Sports Medicine
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  Triglycerides
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
   
  

  Beef

  Beef is meat obtained from a bovine. Beef can be cut into steak, pot roasts, or short ribs, or ground into hamburger. Several Asian and European nationalities include the blood in their cuisine as ... > more
• Mating and Breeding
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  Inbreeding

  Mammals, most other animals, and higher plants as well, have ways to minimize inbreeding. An inbred individual is likely to possess several physical and health defects, in addition to higher ... > more
• Down Syndrome
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  Down syndrome

  Down syndrome (US, Canada and other countries) or Down's syndrome (UK and other countries) encompasses a number of chromosomal abnormalities, of which trisomy 21 (an aneuploid) is the most common, ... > more
• Kidney Disease
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  Kidney

  The kidneys are bean-shaped excretory organs in vertebrates. Part of the urinary system, the kidneys filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them, along with water, as urine. In ... > more
• Hormone Disorders
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  Growth hormone treatment

  Growth hormone (GH) is a protein hormone secreted by the pituitary gland which stimulates growth and cell reproduction. In the past growth hormone was extracted from human pituitary glands and given ... > more
• Cloning
  Evolutionary Biology
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  Heritability

  In genetics, heritability is the proportion of phenotypic variation in a population that is due to genetic variation. Variation among individuals may be due to genetic and/or environmental factors. ... > more

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