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Most strokes are caused when blood clots move to a blood vessel in the brain and block blood flow to that area. Thrombolytic therapy can be used to dissolve the clot quickly. If given within 3 hours of the first stroke symptoms, this therapy can help limit stroke damage and disability.
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Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
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In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
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More than nineteen million Americans carry the factor V gene that causes blood clots, pulmonary embolism, and heart disease.
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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.