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Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
To combat osteoporosis, changes in lifestyle and diet are recommended. At-risk patients should include 1,200 to 1,500 mg of calcium daily either via dietary means or with supplements.
Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.
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.
About 3% of all pregnant women will give birth to twins, which is an increase in rate of nearly 60% since the early 1980s.