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Hyperthyroidism leads to an increased rate of metabolism and affects about 1% of women but only 0.1% of men. For most people, this increased metabolic rate causes the thyroid gland to become enlarged (known as a goiter).
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Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.
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There are approximately 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year.
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Stroke kills people from all ethnic backgrounds, but the people at highest risk for fatal strokes are: black men, black women, Asian men, white men, and white women.
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Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.