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Hypertension is a silent killer because it is deadly and has no significant early symptoms. The danger from hypertension is the extra load on the heart, which can lead to hypertensive heart disease and kidney damage. This occurs without any major symptoms until the high blood pressure becomes extreme. Regular blood pressure checks are an important method of catching hypertension before it can kill you.
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.
The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.
The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.