The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
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Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness. As of yet, there is no cure. Everyone is at risk, and there may be no warning signs. It is six to eight times more common in African Americans than in whites. The best and most effective way to detect glaucoma is to receive a dilated eye examination.
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Colchicine is a highly poisonous alkaloid originally extracted from a type of saffron plant that is used mainly to treat gout.
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Malaria mortality rates are falling. Increased malaria prevention and control measures have greatly improved these rates. Since 2000, malaria mortality rates have fallen globally by 60% among all age groups, and by 65% among children under age 5.
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The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
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Why the Poor Need Children
A typical injector-pump-type automotive diesel fuel injection system.
A typical battery load tester hookup.
Bell’s palsy, showing typical drooping of one side of the face.