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Approximately one in four people diagnosed with diabetes will develop foot problems. Of these, about one-third will require lower extremity amputation.
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Looking at the sun may not only cause headache and distort your vision temporarily, but it can also cause permanent eye damage. Any exposure to sunlight adds to the cumulative effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation on your eyes. UV exposure has been linked to eye disorders such as macular degeneration, solar retinitis, and corneal dystrophies.
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Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.
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Medication errors are three times higher among children and infants than with adults.
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Many people have small pouches in their colons that bulge outward through weak spots. Each pouch is called a diverticulum. About 10% of Americans older than age 40 years have diverticulosis, which, when the pouches become infected or inflamed, is called diverticulitis. The main cause of diverticular disease is a low-fiber diet.
Siberian Yupik woman holding walrus tusks
On May 15, 1916, after deliberating for one hour, an all-white jury in Waco, Texas, found seventeen-
Woman seated between two felines, Çatalhöyük, Turkey.
A Pokot married woman, Kenya.
This woman in New Delhi, India, is protesting the lack of prosecution of rapists.
Brush border cell