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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.
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Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.
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Patients who cannot swallow may receive nutrition via a parenteral route—usually, a catheter is inserted through the chest into a large vein going into the heart.
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The highest suicide rate in the United States is among people ages 65 years and older. Almost 15% of people in this age group commit suicide every year.
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No drugs are available to relieve parathyroid disease. Parathyroid disease is caused by a parathyroid tumor, and it needs to be removed by surgery.