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More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
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.
There are approximately 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year.
Cocaine was isolated in 1860 and first used as a local anesthetic in 1884. Its first clinical use was by Sigmund Freud to wean a patient from morphine addiction. The fictional character Sherlock Holmes was supposed to be addicted to cocaine by injection.
After a vasectomy, it takes about 12 ejaculations to clear out sperm that were already beyond the blocked area.