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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.
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When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
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Malaria mortality rates are falling. Increased malaria prevention and control measures have greatly improved these rates. Since 2000, malaria mortality rates have fallen globally by 60% among all age groups, and by 65% among children under age 5.
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Atropine, along with scopolamine and hyoscyamine, is found in the Datura stramonium plant, which gives hallucinogenic effects and is also known as locoweed.
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You should not take more than 1,000 mg of vitamin E per day. Doses above this amount increase the risk of bleeding problems that can lead to a stroke.
Natural selection of a population for dark coloration.
Natural abundance of Mercury
A healthy diet is made up of well-balanced nutrients.
Barenboim's study show the change in children's descriptions of their peers
Doty's data show a very rapid drop in late adulthood in the ability to identify smells
Three Modes of Natural Selection