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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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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
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In ancient Rome, many of the richer people in the population had lead-induced gout. The reason for this is unclear. Lead poisoning has also been linked to madness.
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Stroke kills people from all ethnic backgrounds, but the people at highest risk for fatal strokes are: black men, black women, Asian men, white men, and white women.
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It is widely believed that giving a daily oral dose of aspirin to heart attack patients improves their chances of survival because the aspirin blocks the formation of new blood clots.