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About 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.
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.
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.
Women are two-thirds more likely than men to develop irritable bowel syndrome. This may be attributable to hormonal changes related to their menstrual cycles.
In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.

