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After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
Bacteria have flourished on the earth for over three billion years. They were the first life forms on the planet.
About 3.2 billion people, nearly half the world population, are at risk for malaria. In 2015, there are about 214 million malaria cases and an estimated 438,000 malaria deaths.
The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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.