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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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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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Many of the drugs used by neuroscientists are derived from toxic plants and venomous animals (such as snakes, spiders, snails, and puffer fish).
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Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.
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Many people have small pouches in their colons that bulge outward through weak spots. Each pouch is called a diverticulum. About 10% of Americans older than age 40 years have diverticulosis, which, when the pouches become infected or inflamed, is called diverticulitis. The main cause of diverticular disease is a low-fiber diet.