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The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates's recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.
Earwax has antimicrobial properties that reduce the viability of bacteria and fungus in the human ear.
Less than one of every three adults with high LDL cholesterol has the condition under control. Only 48.1% with the condition are being treated for it.
Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
More than nineteen million Americans carry the factor V gene that causes blood clots, pulmonary embolism, and heart disease.