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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system destroys its own healthy tissues. When this occurs, white blood cells cannot distinguish between pathogens and normal cells.
Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.
About 60% of newborn infants in the United States are jaundiced; that is, they look yellow. Kernicterus is a form of brain damage caused by excessive jaundice. When babies begin to be affected by excessive jaundice and begin to have brain damage, they become excessively lethargic.