Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
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Although puberty usually occurs in the early teenage years, the world's youngest parents were two Chinese children who had their first baby when they were 8 and 9 years of age.
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Earwax has antimicrobial properties that reduce the viability of bacteria and fungus in the human ear.
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Adults are resistant to the bacterium that causes Botulism. These bacteria thrive in honey – therefore, honey should never be given to infants since their immune systems are not yet resistant.
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