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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
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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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In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
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The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
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The first war in which wide-scale use of anesthetics occurred was the Civil War, and 80% of all wounds were in the extremities.