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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.
People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
About 80% of major fungal systemic infections are due to Candida albicans. Another form, Candida peritonitis, occurs most often in postoperative patients. A rare disease, Candida meningitis, may follow leukemia, kidney transplant, other immunosuppressed factors, or when suffering from Candida septicemia.
When intravenous medications are involved in adverse drug events, their harmful effects may occur more rapidly, and be more severe than errors with oral medications. This is due to the direct administration into the bloodstream.

