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Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.
Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.
Hypertension is a silent killer because it is deadly and has no significant early symptoms. The danger from hypertension is the extra load on the heart, which can lead to hypertensive heart disease and kidney damage. This occurs without any major symptoms until the high blood pressure becomes extreme. Regular blood pressure checks are an important method of catching hypertension before it can kill you.
Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.
In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.