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Nearly half of kiwi adults (49%) have used illegal or illicit drugs at some stage [...]
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Antibiotics cure disease by killing or injuring bacteria. The first antibiotic was penicillin, discovered in [...]
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More than 5% of adult kiwis have been diagnosed with diabetes (MOH 2013/14 http://goo.gl/LZWSGW). About 100,000 [...]
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