More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
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Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
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For about 100 years, scientists thought that peptic ulcers were caused by stress, spicy food, and alcohol. Later, researchers added stomach acid to the list of causes and began treating ulcers with antacids. Now it is known that peptic ulcers are predominantly caused by Helicobacter pylori, a spiral-shaped bacterium that normally exist in the stomach.
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Bacteria have flourished on the earth for over three billion years. They were the first life forms on the planet.
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Malaria was not eliminated in the United States until 1951. The term eliminated means that no new cases arise in a country for 3 years.
