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After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
Blood in the urine can be a sign of a kidney stone, glomerulonephritis, or other kidney problems.
Only one in 10 cancer deaths is caused by the primary tumor. The vast majority of cancer mortality is caused by cells breaking away from the main tumor and metastasizing to other parts of the body, such as the brain, bones, or liver.
In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
When Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer, he called "zero degrees" the lowest temperature he was able to attain with a mixture of ice and salt. For the upper point of his scale, he used 96°, which he measured as normal human body temperature (we know it to be 98.6° today because of more accurate thermometers).