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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.
More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
There are more sensory neurons in the tongue than in any other part of the body.
Urine turns bright yellow if larger than normal amounts of certain substances are consumed; one of these substances is asparagus.