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There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
Bacteria have flourished on the earth for over three billion years. They were the first life forms on the planet.
Hip fractures are the most serious consequences of osteoporosis. The incidence of hip fractures increases with each decade among patients in their 60s to patients in their 90s for both women and men of all populations. Men and women older than 80 years of age show the highest incidence of hip fractures.
Fatal fungal infections may be able to resist newer antifungal drugs. Globally, fungal infections are often fatal due to the lack of access to multiple antifungals, which may be required to be utilized in combination. Single antifungals may not be enough to stop a fungal infection from causing the death of a patient.