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When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
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As many as 20% of Americans have been infected by the fungus known as Histoplasmosis. While most people are asymptomatic or only have slight symptoms, infection can progress to a rapid and potentially fatal superinfection.
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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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The B-complex vitamins and vitamin C are not stored in the body and must be replaced each day.
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Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.