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Elderly adults are at greatest risk of stroke and myocardial infarction and have the most to gain from prophylaxis. Patients ages 60 to 80 years with blood pressures above 160/90 mm Hg should benefit from antihypertensive treatment.
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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
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In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
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In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
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The first war in which wide-scale use of anesthetics occurred was the Civil War, and 80% of all wounds were in the extremities.