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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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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
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Your heart beats over 36 million times a year.
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Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
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Throughout history, plants containing cardiac steroids have been used as heart drugs and as poisons (e.g., in arrows used in combat), emetics, and diuretics.