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About 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.
The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
Over time, chronic hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infections can progress to advanced liver disease, liver failure, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Unlike other forms, more than 80% of hepatitis C infections become chronic and lead to liver disease. When combined with hepatitis B, hepatitis C now accounts for 75% percent of all cases of liver disease around the world. Liver failure caused by hepatitis C is now leading cause of liver transplants in the United States.
Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.