More than nineteen million Americans carry the factor V gene that causes blood clots, pulmonary embolism, and heart disease.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
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Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
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There are major differences in the metabolism of morphine and the illegal drug heroin. Morphine mostly produces its CNS effects through m-receptors, and at k- and d-receptors. Heroin has a slight affinity for opiate receptors. Most of its actions are due to metabolism to active metabolites (6-acetylmorphine, morphine, and morphine-6-glucuronide).
