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All patients with hyperparathyroidism will develop osteoporosis. The parathyroid glands maintain blood calcium within the normal range. All patients with this disease will continue to lose calcium from their bones every day, and there is no way to prevent the development of osteoporosis as a result.
HIV testing reach is still limited. An estimated 40% of people with HIV (more than 14 million) remain undiagnosed and do not know their infection status.
After a vasectomy, it takes about 12 ejaculations to clear out sperm that were already beyond the blocked area.
On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
The average human gut is home to perhaps 500 to 1,000 different species of bacteria.