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All patients with hyperparathyroidism will develop osteoporosis. The parathyroid glands maintain blood calcium within the normal range. All patients with this disease will continue to lose calcium from their bones every day, and there is no way to prevent the development of osteoporosis as a result.
Drying your hands with a paper towel will reduce the bacterial count on your hands by 45–60%.
Pubic lice (crabs) are usually spread through sexual contact. You cannot catch them by using a public toilet.
The term bacteria was devised in the 19th century by German biologist Ferdinand Cohn. He based it on the Greek word "bakterion" meaning a small rod or staff. Cohn is considered to be the father of modern bacteriology.
Multiple experimental evidences have confirmed that at the molecular level, cancer is caused by lesions in cellular DNA.