Hyperthyroidism leads to an increased rate of metabolism and affects about 1% of women but only 0.1% of men. For most people, this increased metabolic rate causes the thyroid gland to become enlarged (known as a goiter).
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Eating food that has been cooked with poppy seeds may cause you to fail a drug screening test, because the seeds contain enough opiate alkaloids to register as a positive.
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The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
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The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
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Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
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