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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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Cocaine was isolated in 1860 and first used as a local anesthetic in 1884. Its first clinical use was by Sigmund Freud to wean a patient from morphine addiction. The fictional character Sherlock Holmes was supposed to be addicted to cocaine by injection.
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Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
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Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
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More than one-third of adult Americans are obese. Diseases that kill the largest number of people annually, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, and hypertension, can be attributed to diet.