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After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
When blood is deoxygenated and flowing back to the heart through the veins, it is dark reddish-blue in color. Blood in the arteries that is oxygenated and flowing out to the body is bright red. Whereas arterial blood comes out in spurts, venous blood flows.
If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.
The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.
Hyperthyroidism leads to an increased rate of metabolism and affects about 1% of women but only 0.1% of men. For most people, this increased metabolic rate causes the thyroid gland to become enlarged (known as a goiter).
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