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In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
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The first war in which wide-scale use of anesthetics occurred was the Civil War, and 80% of all wounds were in the extremities.
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Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.
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The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates’s recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.
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Earwax has antimicrobial properties that reduce the viability of bacteria and fungus in the human ear.