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Once thought to have neurofibromatosis, Joseph Merrick (also known as "the elephant man") is now, in retrospect, thought by clinical experts to have had Proteus syndrome. This endocrine disease causes continued and abnormal growth of the bones, muscles, skin, and so on and can become completely debilitating with severe deformities occurring anywhere on the body.
Liver spots have nothing whatsoever to do with the liver. They are a type of freckles commonly seen in older adults who have been out in the sun without sufficient sunscreen.
Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.