The heart is located in the center of the chest, with part of it tipped slightly so that it taps against the left side of the chest.
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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
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In inpatient settings, adverse drug events account for an estimated one in three of all hospital adverse events. They affect approximately 2 million hospital stays every year, and prolong hospital stays by between one and five days.
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When Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer, he called "zero degrees" the lowest temperature he was able to attain with a mixture of ice and salt. For the upper point of his scale, he used 96°, which he measured as normal human body temperature (we know it to be 98.6° today because of more accurate thermometers).
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Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.
