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More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
Only 12 hours after an egg cell is fertilized by a sperm cell, the egg cell starts to divide. As it continues to divide, it moves along the fallopian tube toward the uterus at about 1 inch per day.
The B-complex vitamins and vitamin C are not stored in the body and must be replaced each day.
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 approximately 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year.