People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
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More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
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The average adult has about 21 square feet of skin.
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Alcohol acts as a diuretic. Eight ounces of water is needed to metabolize just 1 ounce of alcohol.
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Chronic necrotizing aspergillosis has a slowly progressive process that, unlike invasive aspergillosis, does not spread to other organ systems or the blood vessels. It most often affects middle-aged and elderly individuals, spreading to surrounding tissue in the lungs. The disease often does not respond to conventionally successful treatments, and requires individualized therapies in order to keep it from becoming life-threatening.
