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On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
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There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.
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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that all women age 65 years of age or older should be screened with bone densitometry.
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For about 100 years, scientists thought that peptic ulcers were caused by stress, spicy food, and alcohol. Later, researchers added stomach acid to the list of causes and began treating ulcers with antacids. Now it is known that peptic ulcers are predominantly caused by Helicobacter pylori, a spiral-shaped bacterium that normally exist in the stomach.
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In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.