The first successful kidney transplant was performed in 1954 and occurred in Boston. A kidney from an identical twin was transplanted into his dying brother's body and was not rejected because it did not appear foreign to his body.
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Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
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Medication errors are three times higher among children and infants than with adults.
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Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
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In 2006, a generic antinausea drug named ondansetron was approved. It is used to stop nausea and vomiting associated with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.
Kuiper Belt Objects
Using Parallax to Determine Distance
Using Parallax to Determine Distance
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from a distance of just 29 kilometres (ESA)