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Did you know?
If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
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Many people have small pouches in their colons that bulge outward through weak spots. Each pouch is called a diverticulum. About 10% of Americans older than age 40 years have diverticulosis, which, when the pouches become infected or inflamed, is called diverticulitis. The main cause of diverticular disease is a low-fiber diet.
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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
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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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Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.