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Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
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.
Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
It is believed that humans initially contracted crabs from gorillas about 3 million years ago from either sleeping in gorilla nests or eating the apes.