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The average adult has about 21 square feet of skin.
People who have myopia, or nearsightedness, are not able to see objects at a distance but only up close. It occurs when the cornea is either curved too steeply, the eye is too long, or both. This condition is progressive and worsens with time. More than 100 million people in the United States are nearsighted, but only 20% of those are born with the condition. Diet, eye exercise, drug therapy, and corrective lenses can all help manage nearsightedness.
The first war in which wide-scale use of anesthetics occurred was the Civil War, and 80% of all wounds were in the extremities.
More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.