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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.
Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
Dogs have been used in studies to detect various cancers in human subjects. They have been trained to sniff breath samples from humans that were collected by having them breathe into special tubes. These people included 55 lung cancer patients, 31 breast cancer patients, and 83 cancer-free patients. The dogs detected 54 of the 55 lung cancer patients as having cancer, detected 28 of the 31 breast cancer patients, and gave only three false-positive results (detecting cancer in people who didn't have it).
People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.