Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
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Alcohol acts as a diuretic. Eight ounces of water is needed to metabolize just 1 ounce of alcohol.
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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.
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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
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Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
The Configuration, Normal Pressures, and Oxygen Content of the Heart Chambers