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On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
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For high blood pressure (hypertension), a new class of drug, called a vasopeptidase blocker (inhibitor), has been developed. It decreases blood pressure by simultaneously dilating the peripheral arteries and increasing the body's loss of salt.
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Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
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In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.