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Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.
Once thought to have neurofibromatosis, Joseph Merrick (also known as "the elephant man") is now, in retrospect, thought by clinical experts to have had Proteus syndrome. This endocrine disease causes continued and abnormal growth of the bones, muscles, skin, and so on and can become completely debilitating with severe deformities occurring anywhere on the body.
About one in five American adults and teenagers have had a genital herpes infection—and most of them don't know it. People with genital herpes have at least twice the risk of becoming infected with HIV if exposed to it than those people who do not have genital herpes.
The heart is located in the center of the chest, with part of it tipped slightly so that it taps against the left side of the chest.
According to the FDA, adverse drug events harmed or killed approximately 1,200,000 people in the United States in the year 2015.
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