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More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
Symptoms of kidney problems include a loss of appetite, back pain (which may be sudden and intense), chills, abdominal pain, fluid retention, nausea, the urge to urinate, vomiting, and fever.
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.
There are approximately 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year.
People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.