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Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.
Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.
The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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.