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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It is difficult to obtain enough calcium without consuming milk or other dairy foods.
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It is widely believed that giving a daily oral dose of aspirin to heart attack patients improves their chances of survival because the aspirin blocks the formation of new blood clots.
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If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
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The newest statin drug, rosuvastatin, has been called a superstatin because it appears to reduce LDL cholesterol to a greater degree than the other approved statin drugs.
Mark Twain supplemented his income as a writer by giving humorous lectures.
The risk of dying before the age of 65 gets lower as family income gets higher.