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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.
The B-complex vitamins and vitamin C are not stored in the body and must be replaced each day.
Pubic lice (crabs) are usually spread through sexual contact. You cannot catch them by using a public toilet.
Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.
Alzheimer's disease affects only about 10% of people older than 65 years of age. Most forms of decreased mental function and dementia are caused by disuse (letting the mind get lazy).