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  2. Basal body temperature - Wikipedia

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    In women, ovulation causes a sustained increase of at least 0.2 °C (0.4 °F) in BBT. Monitoring BBTs is one way of estimating the day of ovulation. The tendency of a woman to have lower temperatures before ovulation, and higher temperatures afterwards, is known as a biphasic temperature pattern.

  3. Effects of climate change on health in the United Kingdom

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    Women and over 65-year-olds are particularly vulnerable to heat-related cardiovascular disease and death. [33] At the same time being exposed to heat does not cause the development of new cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in itself. [31] Extreme heat could also cause a 14% increase in the risk of dying for people with diabetes. [34]

  4. Nocturia (waking up at night to urinate) is equally prevalent in women and men, [272] although it is more common among both men and women over 50. [273] Waking up a sleepwalker does not harm them. Sleepwalkers may be confused or disoriented for a short time after awakening, but the health risks associated with sleepwalking are from injury or ...

  5. Global surface temperature - Wikipedia

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    The blue line represents global surface temperature reconstructed over the last 2,000 years using proxy data from tree rings, corals, and ice cores. [1] The red line shows direct surface temperature measurements since 1880. [2] Global surface temperature (GST) is the average temperature of Earth's surface.

  6. Alzheimer's disease - Wikipedia

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    The normal life expectancy for 60 to 70 years old is 23 to 15 years; for 90 years old it is 4.5 years. [228] Following AD diagnosis it ranges from 7 to 10 years for those in their 60s and early 70s (a loss of 13 to 8 years), to only about 3 years or less (a loss of 1.5 years) for those in their 90s. [227]

  7. Multiple sclerosis - Wikipedia

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    MS usually appears in adults in their late twenties or early thirties but it can rarely start in childhood and after 50 years of age. [ 2 ] [ 99 ] The primary progressive subtype is more common in people in their fifties. [ 119 ]

  8. Trans fat - Wikipedia

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    [43] [70] [71] [72] A 1994 study estimated that over 30,000 cardiac deaths per year in the United States are attributable to the consumption of trans fats. [19] By 2006 upper estimates of 100,000 deaths were suggested. [73]

  9. Solomon Islands - Wikipedia

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    The literacy rate of the adult population amounted to 84.1% in 2015 (men 88.9%, women 79.23%). [ 203 ] The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) [ 204 ] finds that the Solomon Islands is fulfilling only 70.1% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to education based on the country's level of income. [ 205 ]