Asthma-like symptoms were first recorded about 3,500 years ago in Egypt. The first manuscript specifically written about asthma was in the year 1190, describing a condition characterized by sudden breathlessness. The treatments listed in this manuscript include chicken soup, herbs, and sexual abstinence.
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Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
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More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
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Adult head lice are gray, about ? inch long, and often have a tiny dot on their backs. A female can lay between 50 and 150 eggs within the several weeks that she is alive. They feed on human blood.
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The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.
