This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
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On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
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The National Institutes of Health have supported research into acupuncture. This has shown that acupuncture significantly reduced pain associated with osteoarthritis of the knee, when used as a complement to conventional therapies.
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Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
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Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.
An example of a homeostatically controlled variable: blood levels of glucose in a human.