All adults should have their cholesterol levels checked once every 5 years. During 2009–2010, 69.4% of Americans age 20 and older reported having their cholesterol checked within the last five years.
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It is difficult to obtain enough calcium without consuming milk or other dairy foods.
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The B-complex vitamins and vitamin C are not stored in the body and must be replaced each day.
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According to the FDA, adverse drug events harmed or killed approximately 1,200,000 people in the United States in the year 2015.
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As of mid-2016, 18.2 million people were receiving advanced retroviral therapy (ART) worldwide. This represents between 43–50% of the 34–39.8 million people living with HIV.
The wild radish, Raphanus sativus, has become a model for studying the mating behaviour of plants.