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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
About 600,000 particles of skin are shed every hour by each human. If you live to age 70 years, you have shed 105 pounds of dead skin.
Over time, chronic hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infections can progress to advanced liver disease, liver failure, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Unlike other forms, more than 80% of hepatitis C infections become chronic and lead to liver disease. When combined with hepatitis B, hepatitis C now accounts for 75% percent of all cases of liver disease around the world. Liver failure caused by hepatitis C is now leading cause of liver transplants in the United States.