The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
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Cocaine was isolated in 1860 and first used as a local anesthetic in 1884. Its first clinical use was by Sigmund Freud to wean a patient from morphine addiction. The fictional character Sherlock Holmes was supposed to be addicted to cocaine by injection.
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More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
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More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
