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Your heart beats over 36 million times a year.
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The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.
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In inpatient settings, adverse drug events account for an estimated one in three of all hospital adverse events. They affect approximately 2 million hospital stays every year, and prolong hospital stays by between one and five days.
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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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Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.