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GI conditions that will keep you out of the U.S. armed services include ulcers, varices, fistulas, esophagitis, gastritis, congenital abnormalities, inflammatory bowel disease, enteritis, colitis, proctitis, duodenal diverticula, malabsorption syndromes, hepatitis, cirrhosis, cysts, abscesses, pancreatitis, polyps, certain hemorrhoids, splenomegaly, hernias, recent abdominal surgery, GI bypass or stomach stapling, and artificial GI openings.
The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
Drying your hands with a paper towel will reduce the bacterial count on your hands by 45–60%.
Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
Earwax has antimicrobial properties that reduce the viability of bacteria and fungus in the human ear.