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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was originally known as the Communicable Disease Center, which was formed to fight malaria. It was originally headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, since the Southern states faced the worst threat from malaria.
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The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
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This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
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Nitroglycerin is used to alleviate various heart-related conditions, and it is also the chief component of dynamite (but mixed in a solid clay base to stabilize it).
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More than nineteen million Americans carry the factor V gene that causes blood clots, pulmonary embolism, and heart disease.