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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On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
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The U.S. Pharmacopeia Medication Errors Reporting Program states that approximately 50% of all medication errors involve insulin.
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The average human gut is home to perhaps 500 to 1,000 different species of bacteria.
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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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