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  1. Prosthetics through the ages | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine 
    ... be between 2,600 and 3,400 years old, though its exact age is unknown. Because it doesn’t bend, researchers believe it was cosmetic. The other prosthetic, a wooden and leather toe known as the “Cairo toe,” is estimated to be between 2,700 and 3,000 years old. It is thought to be the earliest known ...
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/.../prosthetics-through-the-ages - MedlinePlus Magazine
  2. Learning about aging from turtles and other cold-blooded critters | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine 
    ... number of years you’ve been alive. Biological age: How old your cells, tissues, and organs appear to be based on your body’s overall health and functioning. This can be different from your actual age. It accounts for factors like your genetics and ...
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/...-and-other-cold-blooded-critters - MedlinePlus Magazine
  3. NIH MedlinePlus Magazine Multimedia 
    ... age for colorectal cancer diagnosis is 66 years old , with most cases diagnosed in people ages 65 to 74 . Source: National Cancer Institute Migraine ...
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/multimedia/health-fast-facts - MedlinePlus Magazine
  4. Dr. Ibram X. Kendi advocates vigilance after experiencing colorectal cancer | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine 
    ... age for colorectal cancer diagnosis is 66 years old , with most cases diagnosed in people ages 65 to 74 . Source: National Cancer Institute Explore ...
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/...ter-overcoming-colorectal-cancer - MedlinePlus Magazine
  5. Predicting autism in high-risk infants | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine 
    ... able to predict which high-risk, 6-month-old infants will develop autism spectrum disorder by age 2. Such a tool would be significant because ... Using fMRI technology, the researchers scanned 6-month-old infants while ... have older siblings with autism. At age 2 years, 11 of the 59 infants in ...
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/...ting-autism-in-high-risk-infants - MedlinePlus Magazine
  6. Genetic condition teaches teen importance of heart health | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine 
    ... to drive. What's unique about the 16-year-old Massachusetts native, however, is a condition she was diagnosed with at age 2: familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). FH is a genetic ...
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/...-teen-importance-of-heart-health - MedlinePlus Magazine
  7. Confronting 9/11 trauma from childhood into adulthood | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine 
    ... anyway," she says. Now, Brianna is 20-years-old and a junior in college. Brianna finds that most kids her age don't remember 9/11. When she sees ...
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/...ma-from-childhood-into-adulthood - MedlinePlus Magazine
  8. HPV and cervical cancer: What you need to know | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine 
    ... that most children get vaccinated for HPV at age 11 or 12. The dosage schedule depends on how old the child is when he or she is first vaccinated, but children usually get two doses. Vaccination is not ... 26. However, some adults ages 27 through 45 who are not already vaccinated ...
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/...cal-cancer-what-you-need-to-know - MedlinePlus Magazine
  9. David L. Nash advocates for early detection after living with colon cancer | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine 
    ... when he was about 84 or 85 years old. If the cancer had been detected early, he may have had treatment opportunities. At that age, there wasn’t much that could be done, ...
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/...n-after-living-with-colon-cancer - MedlinePlus Magazine
  10. Atrial fibrillation: What you need to know | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine 
    ... factors for AFib include: Aging. Risk increases with age, especially if you’re over 65 years old. Family history. If someone in your family has ...
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/...brillation-what-you-need-to-know - MedlinePlus Magazine
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