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Nearly all drugs pass into human breast milk. How often a drug is taken influences the amount of drug that will pass into the milk. Medications taken 30 to 60 minutes before breastfeeding are likely to be at peak blood levels when the baby is nursing.
Liver spots have nothing whatsoever to do with the liver. They are a type of freckles commonly seen in older adults who have been out in the sun without sufficient sunscreen.
People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.