The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
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Asthma occurs in one in 11 children and in one in 12 adults. African Americans and Latinos have a higher risk for developing asthma than other groups.
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Warfarin was developed as a consequence of the study of a strange bleeding disorder that suddenly occurred in cattle on the northern prairies of the United States in the early 1900s.
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According to the FDA, adverse drug events harmed or killed approximately 1,200,000 people in the United States in the year 2015.