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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.
Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
There are major differences in the metabolism of morphine and the illegal drug heroin. Morphine mostly produces its CNS effects through m-receptors, and at k- and d-receptors. Heroin has a slight affinity for opiate receptors. Most of its actions are due to metabolism to active metabolites (6-acetylmorphine, morphine, and morphine-6-glucuronide).
Walt Disney helped combat malaria by making an animated film in 1943 called The Winged Scourge. This short film starred the seven dwarfs and taught children that mosquitos transmit malaria, which is a very bad disease. It advocated the killing of mosquitos to stop the disease.
According to the FDA, adverse drug events harmed or killed approximately 1,200,000 people in the United States in the year 2015.