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Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
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Elderly adults are at greatest risk of stroke and myocardial infarction and have the most to gain from prophylaxis. Patients ages 60 to 80 years with blood pressures above 160/90 mm Hg should benefit from antihypertensive treatment.
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In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
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Earwax has antimicrobial properties that reduce the viability of bacteria and fungus in the human ear.
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For high blood pressure (hypertension), a new class of drug, called a vasopeptidase blocker (inhibitor), has been developed. It decreases blood pressure by simultaneously dilating the peripheral arteries and increasing the body's loss of salt.