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This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
A seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to reduce the chances you will get seasonal influenza and spread it to others.
Studies show that systolic blood pressure can be significantly lowered by taking statins. In fact, the higher the patient's baseline blood pressure, the greater the effect of statins on his or her blood pressure.
Although the Roman numeral for the number 4 has always been taught to have been "IV," according to historians, the ancient Romans probably used "IIII" most of the time. This is partially backed up by the fact that early grandfather clocks displayed IIII for the number 4 instead of IV. Early clockmakers apparently thought that the IIII balanced out the VIII (used for the number 8) on the clock face and that it just looked better.