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What's your Health IQ?
Take our quiz and test your medical knowhow.
1.
Which physician developed a type of remedy involving wild flowers?
a) Spock
b) Seuss
c) Pasteur
d) Bach
2.
When someone gives up smoking, how long before their risk of lung cancer is considered the same as someone's risk who has never smoked?
a) 10 weeks
b) 10 months
c) 10 years
d) never
3.
Which heart-attack symptom is a woman more likely to have than a man?
a) chest pain
b) nausea
c) breathlessness
d) fatigue
4.
When is the best time of day to exercise if you want to lose weight?
a) first thing in the morning
b) during the day
c) after dinner
d) makes no difference
5.
A person might show rapid eye movement (REM) during sleep
a) true
b) false
6.
What is the name of the large muscle just beneath the lungs?
a) deltoid
b) pectoral
c)trapezius
d)diaphragm
7.
Which of these is the strongest antioxidant (substance that prevents cell damage)?
a) garlic
b) coenzyme Q10
c) vitamin C
d)magnesium
8.
What makes up 60 to 70 percent of human body weight?
a) oxygen
b) water
c) skin
d)blood
9.
Where in the body would you find the alveoli?
a) brain
b) stomach
c) lung
d) kidney
10.
What has the herb ginseng been shown to do?
a) ward off colds
b) increase athletic stamina
c) improve concentration
d) all of the above
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