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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The highest suicide rate in the United States is among people ages 65 years and older. Almost 15% of people in this age group commit suicide every year.
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Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.
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The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
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There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in every adult human.
Herniated disk. A herniated disk is a protrusion of the disk’s gelatinous center, called the nucleus
Children with disabilities used to be sent to special schools. In a process called mainstreaming or ...