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Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
Thyroid conditions cause a higher risk of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.
The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.
Dogs have been used in studies to detect various cancers in human subjects. They have been trained to sniff breath samples from humans that were collected by having them breathe into special tubes. These people included 55 lung cancer patients, 31 breast cancer patients, and 83 cancer-free patients. The dogs detected 54 of the 55 lung cancer patients as having cancer, detected 28 of the 31 breast cancer patients, and gave only three false-positive results (detecting cancer in people who didn't have it).
Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.