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If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
More than one-third of adult Americans are obese. Diseases that kill the largest number of people annually, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, and hypertension, can be attributed to diet.
More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
A serious new warning has been established for pregnant women against taking ACE inhibitors during pregnancy. In the study, the risk of major birth defects in children whose mothers took ACE inhibitors during the first trimester was nearly three times higher than in children whose mothers didn't take ACE inhibitors. Physicians can prescribe alternative medications for pregnant women who have symptoms of high blood pressure.