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On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
Walt Disney helped combat malaria by making an animated film in 1943 called The Winged Scourge. This short film starred the seven dwarfs and taught children that mosquitos transmit malaria, which is a very bad disease. It advocated the killing of mosquitos to stop the disease.
More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
Blastomycosis is often misdiagnosed, resulting in tragic outcomes. It is caused by a fungus living in moist soil, in wooded areas of the United States and Canada. If inhaled, the fungus can cause mild breathing problems that may worsen and cause serious illness and even death.
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