This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
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People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
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The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
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Nitroglycerin is used to alleviate various heart-related conditions, and it is also the chief component of dynamite (but mixed in a solid clay base to stabilize it).
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It is believed that the Incas used anesthesia. Evidence supports the theory that shamans chewed cocoa leaves and drilled holes into the heads of patients (letting evil spirits escape), spitting into the wounds they made. The mixture of cocaine, saliva, and resin numbed the site enough to allow hours of drilling.