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More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
There are approximately 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year.
Chronic marijuana use can damage the white blood cells and reduce the immune system's ability to respond to disease by as much as 40%. Without a strong immune system, the body is vulnerable to all kinds of degenerative and infectious diseases.
Coca-Cola originally used coca leaves and caffeine from the African kola nut. It was advertised as a therapeutic agent and "pickerupper." Eventually, its formulation was changed, and the coca leaves were removed because of the effects of regulation on cocaine-related products.
Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.