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Over time, chronic hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infections can progress to advanced liver disease, liver failure, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Unlike other forms, more than 80% of hepatitis C infections become chronic and lead to liver disease. When combined with hepatitis B, hepatitis C now accounts for 75% percent of all cases of liver disease around the world. Liver failure caused by hepatitis C is now leading cause of liver transplants in the United States.
On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.
Asthma is the most common chronic childhood disease in the world. Most children who develop asthma have symptoms before they are 5 years old.
Multiple experimental evidences have confirmed that at the molecular level, cancer is caused by lesions in cellular DNA.
More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.