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The newest statin drug, rosuvastatin, has been called a superstatin because it appears to reduce LDL cholesterol to a greater degree than the other approved statin drugs.
More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
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.
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.