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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
Once thought to have neurofibromatosis, Joseph Merrick (also known as "the elephant man") is now, in retrospect, thought by clinical experts to have had Proteus syndrome. This endocrine disease causes continued and abnormal growth of the bones, muscles, skin, and so on and can become completely debilitating with severe deformities occurring anywhere on the body.
It is difficult to obtain enough calcium without consuming milk or other dairy foods.
The National Institutes of Health have supported research into acupuncture. This has shown that acupuncture significantly reduced pain associated with osteoarthritis of the knee, when used as a complement to conventional therapies.