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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Thyroid conditions cause a higher risk of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.
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Only 12 hours after an egg cell is fertilized by a sperm cell, the egg cell starts to divide. As it continues to divide, it moves along the fallopian tube toward the uterus at about 1 inch per day.
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Of the estimated 2 million heroin users in the United States, 600,000–800,000 are considered hardcore addicts. Heroin addiction is considered to be one of the hardest addictions to recover from.
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Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.
A closer look at the structure and function of photosystem II