Nitroglycerin is used to alleviate various heart-related conditions, and it is also the chief component of dynamite (but mixed in a solid clay base to stabilize it).
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Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
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Fungal nail infections account for up to 30% of all skin infections. They affect 5% of the general population—mostly people over the age of 70.
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Elderly adults are living longer, and causes of death are shifting. At the same time, autopsy rates are at or near their lowest in history.
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More than nineteen million Americans carry the factor V gene that causes blood clots, pulmonary embolism, and heart disease.