Illness; diuretics; laxative abuse; hot weather; exercise; sweating; caffeine; alcoholic beverages; starvation diets; inadequate carbohydrate consumption; and diets high in protein, salt, or fiber can cause people to become dehydrated.
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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
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Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
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The Babylonians wrote numbers in a system that used 60 as the base value rather than the number 10. They did not have a symbol for "zero."
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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.
A group therapy session.
A physical therapist exercising the patient’s leg in a physical therapy department.