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On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.
All patients with hyperparathyroidism will develop osteoporosis. The parathyroid glands maintain blood calcium within the normal range. All patients with this disease will continue to lose calcium from their bones every day, and there is no way to prevent the development of osteoporosis as a result.
Eat fiber! A diet high in fiber can help lower cholesterol levels by as much as 10%.
Approximately one in three babies in the United States is now delivered by cesarean section. The number of cesarean sections in the United States has risen 46% since 1996.
Malaria was not eliminated in the United States until 1951. The term eliminated means that no new cases arise in a country for 3 years.