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The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.
Barbituric acid, the base material of barbiturates, was first synthesized in 1863 by Adolph von Bayer. His company later went on to synthesize aspirin for the first time, and Bayer aspirin is still a popular brand today.
Though newer “smart” infusion pumps are increasingly becoming more sophisticated, they cannot prevent all programming and administration errors. Health care professionals that use smart infusion pumps must still practice the rights of medication administration and have other professionals double-check all high-risk infusions.
The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.