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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
Eat fiber! A diet high in fiber can help lower cholesterol levels by as much as 10%.
For about 100 years, scientists thought that peptic ulcers were caused by stress, spicy food, and alcohol. Later, researchers added stomach acid to the list of causes and began treating ulcers with antacids. Now it is known that peptic ulcers are predominantly caused by Helicobacter pylori, a spiral-shaped bacterium that normally exist in the stomach.
According to the FDA, adverse drug events harmed or killed approximately 1,200,000 people in the United States in the year 2015.