Asthma is the most common chronic childhood disease in the world. Most children who develop asthma have symptoms before they are 5 years old.
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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
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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.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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Congestive heart failure is a serious disorder that carries a reduced life expectancy. Heart failure is usually a chronic illness, and it may worsen with infection or other physical stressors.
A passenger train crosses Stony Creek Bridge in the Rocky Mountains in 1878. Railroads were importan
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Household Income in the United States by Quintiles, 2009
Each allele of codominant genes is fully expressed in heterozygotes. Type A blood has A antigens on