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More than nineteen million Americans carry the factor V gene that causes blood clots, pulmonary embolism, and heart disease.
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Vampire bats have a natural anticoagulant in their saliva that permits continuous bleeding after they painlessly open a wound with their incisors. This capillary blood does not cause any significant blood loss to their victims.
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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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Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
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In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.