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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.
Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
Adolescents often feel clumsy during puberty because during this time of development, their hands and feet grow faster than their arms and legs do. The body is therefore out of proportion. One out of five adolescents actually experiences growing pains during this period.
Elderly adults are at greatest risk of stroke and myocardial infarction and have the most to gain from prophylaxis. Patients ages 60 to 80 years with blood pressures above 160/90 mm Hg should benefit from antihypertensive treatment.