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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 human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
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Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.
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Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve small pieces of metal such as razor blades or staples.
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Stroke kills people from all ethnic backgrounds, but the people at highest risk for fatal strokes are: black men, black women, Asian men, white men, and white women.