|
Author Question: In Rothbart's model of temperament, (Read 46 times) |
There are over 65,000 known species of protozoa. About 10,000 species are parasitic.
Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
There are 20 feet of blood vessels in each square inch of human skin.
No drugs are available to relieve parathyroid disease. Parathyroid disease is caused by a parathyroid tumor, and it needs to be removed by surgery.
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.