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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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More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
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Most women experience menopause in their 50s. However, in 1994, an Italian woman gave birth to a baby boy when she was 61 years old.
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There are more sensory neurons in the tongue than in any other part of the body.
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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.