Historic treatments for rheumatoid arthritis have included gold salts, acupuncture, a diet consisting of apples or rhubarb, nutmeg, nettles, bee venom, bracelets made of copper, prayer, rest, tooth extractions, fasting, honey, vitamins, insulin, snow collected on Christmas, magnets, and electric convulsion therapy.
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The senior population grows every year. Seniors older than 65 years of age now comprise more than 13% of the total population. However, women outlive men. In the 85-and-over age group, there are only 45 men to every 100 women.
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Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
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In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
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Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
