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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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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
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The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.