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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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Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
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Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
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Illness; diuretics; laxative abuse; hot weather; exercise; sweating; caffeine; alcoholic beverages; starvation diets; inadequate carbohydrate consumption; and diets high in protein, salt, or fiber can cause people to become dehydrated.
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Most women experience menopause in their 50s. However, in 1994, an Italian woman gave birth to a baby boy when she was 61 years old.