Studies show that systolic blood pressure can be significantly lowered by taking statins. In fact, the higher the patient's baseline blood pressure, the greater the effect of statins on his or her blood pressure.
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Serum cholesterol testing in adults is recommended every 1 to 5 years. People with diabetes and a family history of high cholesterol should be tested even more frequently.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
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Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.
Spiny Dogfish Shark Brain
Renal System
The Major Divisions of the Nervous System
Some of the pathways of the auditory system that lead from one ear to the cortex.