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1. Which physician developed a type of remedy involving wild flowers?



 
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?



 
3. Which heart-attack symptom is a woman more likely to have than a man?



 
4. When is the best time of day to exercise if you want to lose weight?



 
5. A person might show rapid eye movement (REM) during sleep

 
6. What is the name of the large muscle just beneath the lungs?



 
7. Which of these is the strongest antioxidant (substance that prevents cell damage)?



 
8. What makes up 60 to 70 percent of human body weight?



 
9. Where in the body would you find the alveoli?



 
10. What has the herb ginseng been shown to do?



 
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