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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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The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.
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The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.
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Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in 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.