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Hyperthyroidism leads to an increased rate of metabolism and affects about 1% of women but only 0.1% of men. For most people, this increased metabolic rate causes the thyroid gland to become enlarged (known as a goiter).
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Opium has influenced much of the world's most popular literature. The following authors were all opium users, of varying degrees: Lewis Carroll, Charles, Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Oscar Wilde.
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In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
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Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
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People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.