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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
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The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
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When blood is deoxygenated and flowing back to the heart through the veins, it is dark reddish-blue in color. Blood in the arteries that is oxygenated and flowing out to the body is bright red. Whereas arterial blood comes out in spurts, venous blood flows.
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Illness; diuretics; laxative abuse; hot weather; exercise; sweating; caffeine; alcoholic beverages; starvation diets; inadequate carbohydrate consumption; and diets high in protein, salt, or fiber can cause people to become dehydrated.