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More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
The largest baby ever born weighed more than 23 pounds but died just 11 hours after his birth in 1879. The largest surviving baby was born in October 2009 in Sumatra, Indonesia, and weighed an astounding 19.2 pounds at birth.
There are over 65,000 known species of protozoa. About 10,000 species are parasitic.
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.
Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.