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Did you know?
More than nineteen million Americans carry the factor V gene that causes blood clots, pulmonary embolism, and heart disease.
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The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
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When blood is deoxygenated and flowing back to the heart through the veins, it is dark reddish-blue in color. Blood in the arteries that is oxygenated and flowing out to the body is bright red. Whereas arterial blood comes out in spurts, venous blood flows.
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Alcohol acts as a diuretic. Eight ounces of water is needed to metabolize just 1 ounce of alcohol.