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The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.
The types of cancer that alpha interferons are used to treat include hairy cell leukemia, melanoma, follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma.
Urine turns bright yellow if larger than normal amounts of certain substances are consumed; one of these substances is asparagus.
Many people have small pouches in their colons that bulge outward through weak spots. Each pouch is called a diverticulum. About 10% of Americans older than age 40 years have diverticulosis, which, when the pouches become infected or inflamed, is called diverticulitis. The main cause of diverticular disease is a low-fiber diet.