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Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.
Thyroid conditions cause a higher risk of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.
More than one-third of adult Americans are obese. Diseases that kill the largest number of people annually, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, and hypertension, can be attributed to diet.
Most strokes are caused when blood clots move to a blood vessel in the brain and block blood flow to that area. Thrombolytic therapy can be used to dissolve the clot quickly. If given within 3 hours of the first stroke symptoms, this therapy can help limit stroke damage and disability.
Malaria was not eliminated in the United States until 1951. The term eliminated means that no new cases arise in a country for 3 years.