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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.
Of the estimated 2 million heroin users in the United States, 600,000–800,000 are considered hardcore addicts. Heroin addiction is considered to be one of the hardest addictions to recover from.
All patients with hyperparathyroidism will develop osteoporosis. The parathyroid glands maintain blood calcium within the normal range. All patients with this disease will continue to lose calcium from their bones every day, and there is no way to prevent the development of osteoporosis as a result.