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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Amphetamine poisoning can cause intravascular coagulation, circulatory collapse, rhabdomyolysis, ischemic colitis, acute psychosis, hyperthermia, respiratory distress syndrome, and pericarditis.
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Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.
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In 1835 it was discovered that a disease of silkworms known as muscardine could be transferred from one silkworm to another, and was caused by a fungus.
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The most common treatment options for addiction include psychotherapy, support groups, and individual counseling.
A fur seal colony at Duiker Island, South Africa
Adolescent white lion in Kruger National Park, South Africa.
H. erectus migrated out of Africa beginning about 1.8 million years ago and is first known from Geor