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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.
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Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.
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Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.
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For high blood pressure (hypertension), a new class of drug, called a vasopeptidase blocker (inhibitor), has been developed. It decreases blood pressure by simultaneously dilating the peripheral arteries and increasing the body's loss of salt.
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The B-complex vitamins and vitamin C are not stored in the body and must be replaced each day.