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The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
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 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.
After a vasectomy, it takes about 12 ejaculations to clear out sperm that were already beyond the blocked area.
Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.