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About 600,000 particles of skin are shed every hour by each human. If you live to age 70 years, you have shed 105 pounds of dead skin.
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Fungal nail infections account for up to 30% of all skin infections. They affect 5% of the general population—mostly people over the age of 70.
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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
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In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
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The first war in which wide-scale use of anesthetics occurred was the Civil War, and 80% of all wounds were in the extremities.