On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
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The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
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The average older adult in the United States takes five prescription drugs per day. Half of these drugs contain a sedative. Alcohol should therefore be avoided by most senior citizens because of the dangerous interactions between alcohol and sedatives.
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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
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The U.S. Pharmacopeia Medication Errors Reporting Program states that approximately 50% of all medication errors involve insulin.
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Research Methods
The Abecedarian study was designed to help very low-income African American children prepare for ...
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