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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.
There are approximately 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year.
Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
Asthma-like symptoms were first recorded about 3,500 years ago in Egypt. The first manuscript specifically written about asthma was in the year 1190, describing a condition characterized by sudden breathlessness. The treatments listed in this manuscript include chicken soup, herbs, and sexual abstinence.
Approximately one in four people diagnosed with diabetes will develop foot problems. Of these, about one-third will require lower extremity amputation.