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The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.
People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
Many medications that are used to treat infertility are injected subcutaneously. This is easy to do using the anterior abdomen as the site of injection but avoiding the area directly around the belly button.
A serious new warning has been established for pregnant women against taking ACE inhibitors during pregnancy. In the study, the risk of major birth defects in children whose mothers took ACE inhibitors during the first trimester was nearly three times higher than in children whose mothers didn't take ACE inhibitors. Physicians can prescribe alternative medications for pregnant women who have symptoms of high blood pressure.