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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
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About 80% of major fungal systemic infections are due to Candida albicans. Another form, Candida peritonitis, occurs most often in postoperative patients. A rare disease, Candida meningitis, may follow leukemia, kidney transplant, other immunosuppressed factors, or when suffering from Candida septicemia.
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Calcitonin is a naturally occurring hormone. In women who are at least 5 years beyond menopause, it slows bone loss and increases spinal bone density.
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Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").