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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.
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Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.
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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
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If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.