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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
Drying your hands with a paper towel will reduce the bacterial count on your hands by 45–60%.
Adult head lice are gray, about ? inch long, and often have a tiny dot on their backs. A female can lay between 50 and 150 eggs within the several weeks that she is alive. They feed on human blood.
Acute bronchitis is an inflammation of the breathing tubes (bronchi), which causes increased mucus production and other changes. It is usually caused by bacteria or viruses, can be serious in people who have pulmonary or cardiac diseases, and can lead to pneumonia.
In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.