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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.
Allergies play a major part in the health of children. The most prevalent childhood allergies are milk, egg, soy, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, and seafood.
The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
Earwax has antimicrobial properties that reduce the viability of bacteria and fungus in the human ear.
Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.