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Hip fractures are the most serious consequences of osteoporosis. The incidence of hip fractures increases with each decade among patients in their 60s to patients in their 90s for both women and men of all populations. Men and women older than 80 years of age show the highest incidence of hip fractures.
There are over 65,000 known species of protozoa. About 10,000 species are parasitic.
On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
Asthma-like symptoms were first recorded about 3,500 years ago in Egypt. The first manuscript specifically written about asthma was in the year 1190, describing a condition characterized by sudden breathlessness. The treatments listed in this manuscript include chicken soup, herbs, and sexual abstinence.
The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.