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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.
In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
Approximately one in four people diagnosed with diabetes will develop foot problems. Of these, about one-third will require lower extremity amputation.
In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%