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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
Approximately one in three babies in the United States is now delivered by cesarean section. The number of cesarean sections in the United States has risen 46% since 1996.
Approximately 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.
More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Risperdal, an adult antipsychotic drug, for the symptomatic treatment of irritability in children and adolescents with autism. The approval is the first for the use of a drug to treat behaviors associated with autism in children. These behaviors are included under the general heading of irritability and include aggression, deliberate self-injury, and temper tantrums.
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