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Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
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More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
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Elderly adults are living longer, and causes of death are shifting. At the same time, autopsy rates are at or near their lowest in history.
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The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.
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For about 100 years, scientists thought that peptic ulcers were caused by stress, spicy food, and alcohol. Later, researchers added stomach acid to the list of causes and began treating ulcers with antacids. Now it is known that peptic ulcers are predominantly caused by Helicobacter pylori, a spiral-shaped bacterium that normally exist in the stomach.