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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.
In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
Approximately one in four people diagnosed with diabetes will develop foot problems. Of these, about one-third will require lower extremity amputation.
Bacteria have flourished on the earth for over three billion years. They were the first life forms on the planet.
Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.