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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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There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in every adult human.
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The average older adult in the United States takes five prescription drugs per day. Half of these drugs contain a sedative. Alcohol should therefore be avoided by most senior citizens because of the dangerous interactions between alcohol and sedatives.
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Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.
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Amphetamine poisoning can cause intravascular coagulation, circulatory collapse, rhabdomyolysis, ischemic colitis, acute psychosis, hyperthermia, respiratory distress syndrome, and pericarditis.