People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
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The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
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Prostaglandins were first isolated from human semen in Sweden in the 1930s. They were so named because the researcher thought that they came from the prostate gland. In fact, prostaglandins exist and are synthesized in almost every cell of the body.
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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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Warfarin was developed as a consequence of the study of a strange bleeding disorder that suddenly occurred in cattle on the northern prairies of the United States in the early 1900s.
Environmental influences on the expression of PKU within a single family