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The heart is located in the center of the chest, with part of it tipped slightly so that it taps against the left side of the chest.
Although puberty usually occurs in the early teenage years, the world's youngest parents were two Chinese children who had their first baby when they were 8 and 9 years of age.
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.
More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.