Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
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The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
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Looking at the sun may not only cause headache and distort your vision temporarily, but it can also cause permanent eye damage. Any exposure to sunlight adds to the cumulative effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation on your eyes. UV exposure has been linked to eye disorders such as macular degeneration, solar retinitis, and corneal dystrophies.
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Nitroglycerin is used to alleviate various heart-related conditions, and it is also the chief component of dynamite (but mixed in a solid clay base to stabilize it).
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Elderly adults are at greatest risk of stroke and myocardial infarction and have the most to gain from prophylaxis. Patients ages 60 to 80 years with blood pressures above 160/90 mm Hg should benefit from antihypertensive treatment.
Lilly Martin Spenser’s painting, Domestic Happiness (1844), reflects the change in attitudes toward
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A typical camshaft-driven high-pressure pump used to increase fuel pressure to 2,000 PSI or higher.