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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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The largest baby ever born weighed more than 23 pounds but died just 11 hours after his birth in 1879. The largest surviving baby was born in October 2009 in Sumatra, Indonesia, and weighed an astounding 19.2 pounds at birth.
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Patients who cannot swallow may receive nutrition via a parenteral route—usually, a catheter is inserted through the chest into a large vein going into the heart.
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The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.
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Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.