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People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
Many people have small pouches in their colons that bulge outward through weak spots. Each pouch is called a diverticulum. About 10% of Americans older than age 40 years have diverticulosis, which, when the pouches become infected or inflamed, is called diverticulitis. The main cause of diverticular disease is a low-fiber diet.
Only one in 10 cancer deaths is caused by the primary tumor. The vast majority of cancer mortality is caused by cells breaking away from the main tumor and metastasizing to other parts of the body, such as the brain, bones, or liver.