The heart is located in the center of the chest, with part of it tipped slightly so that it taps against the left side of the chest.
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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
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Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.
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This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
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The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates’s recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.