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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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Walt Disney helped combat malaria by making an animated film in 1943 called The Winged Scourge. This short film starred the seven dwarfs and taught children that mosquitos transmit malaria, which is a very bad disease. It advocated the killing of mosquitos to stop the disease.
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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 familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.