This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
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Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
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If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.
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The first-known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used in Egypt in 2000 BC. Condoms were also reportedly used, made of animal bladders or intestines.
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Chronic necrotizing aspergillosis has a slowly progressive process that, unlike invasive aspergillosis, does not spread to other organ systems or the blood vessels. It most often affects middle-aged and elderly individuals, spreading to surrounding tissue in the lungs. The disease often does not respond to conventionally successful treatments, and requires individualized therapies in order to keep it from becoming life-threatening.