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Thyroid conditions may make getting pregnant impossible.
More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
Studies show that systolic blood pressure can be significantly lowered by taking statins. In fact, the higher the patient's baseline blood pressure, the greater the effect of statins on his or her blood pressure.
About 80% of major fungal systemic infections are due to Candida albicans. Another form, Candida peritonitis, occurs most often in postoperative patients. A rare disease, Candida meningitis, may follow leukemia, kidney transplant, other immunosuppressed factors, or when suffering from Candida septicemia.