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Most strokes are caused when blood clots move to a blood vessel in the brain and block blood flow to that area. Thrombolytic therapy can be used to dissolve the clot quickly. If given within 3 hours of the first stroke symptoms, this therapy can help limit stroke damage and disability.
More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
Despite claims by manufacturers, the supplement known as Ginkgo biloba was shown in a study of more than 3,000 participants to be ineffective in reducing development of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in older people.
Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.