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Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
Malaria was not eliminated in the United States until 1951. The term eliminated means that no new cases arise in a country for 3 years.
According to the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, more than 50 million Americans have some kind of food allergy. Food allergies affect between 4 and 6% of children, and 4% of adults, according to the CDC. The most common food allergies include shellfish, peanuts, walnuts, fish, eggs, milk, and soy.
In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.