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Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
To prove that stomach ulcers were caused by bacteria and not by stress, a researcher consumed an entire laboratory beaker full of bacterial culture. After this, he did indeed develop stomach ulcers, and won the Nobel Prize for his discovery.
Chronic necrotizing aspergillosis has a slowly progressive process that, unlike invasive aspergillosis, does not spread to other organ systems or the blood vessels. It most often affects middle-aged and elderly individuals, spreading to surrounding tissue in the lungs. The disease often does not respond to conventionally successful treatments, and requires individualized therapies in order to keep it from becoming life-threatening.
The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.