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Asthma-like symptoms were first recorded about 3,500 years ago in Egypt. The first manuscript specifically written about asthma was in the year 1190, describing a condition characterized by sudden breathlessness. The treatments listed in this manuscript include chicken soup, herbs, and sexual abstinence.
Malaria mortality rates are falling. Increased malaria prevention and control measures have greatly improved these rates. Since 2000, malaria mortality rates have fallen globally by 60% among all age groups, and by 65% among children under age 5.
Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.
Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.