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Approximately one in four people diagnosed with diabetes will develop foot problems. Of these, about one-third will require lower extremity amputation.
In the United States, congenital cytomegalovirus causes one child to become disabled almost every hour. CMV is the leading preventable viral cause of development disability in newborns. These disabilities include hearing or vision loss, and cerebral palsy.
The training of an anesthesiologist typically requires four years of college, 4 years of medical school, 1 year of internship, and 3 years of residency.
In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.