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More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
Hypertension is a silent killer because it is deadly and has no significant early symptoms. The danger from hypertension is the extra load on the heart, which can lead to hypertensive heart disease and kidney damage. This occurs without any major symptoms until the high blood pressure becomes extreme. Regular blood pressure checks are an important method of catching hypertension before it can kill you.
The oldest recorded age was 122. Madame Jeanne Calment was born in France in 1875 and died in 1997. She was a vegetarian and loved olive oil, port wine, and chocolate.
Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.
About 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.