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Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
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Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
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Many people have small pouches in their colons that bulge outward through weak spots. Each pouch is called a diverticulum. About 10% of Americans older than age 40 years have diverticulosis, which, when the pouches become infected or inflamed, is called diverticulitis. The main cause of diverticular disease is a low-fiber diet.