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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.
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Coca-Cola originally used coca leaves and caffeine from the African kola nut. It was advertised as a therapeutic agent and "pickerupper." Eventually, its formulation was changed, and the coca leaves were removed because of the effects of regulation on cocaine-related products.
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Critical care patients are twice as likely to receive the wrong medication. Of these errors, 20% are life-threatening, and 42% require additional life-sustaining treatments.
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Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.
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Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.