Studies show that systolic blood pressure can be significantly lowered by taking statins. In fact, the higher the patient's baseline blood pressure, the greater the effect of statins on his or her blood pressure.
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If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.
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On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
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By definition, when a medication is administered intravenously, its bioavailability is 100%.
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The word drug comes from the Dutch word droog (meaning "dry"). For centuries, most drugs came from dried plants, hence the name.
Food-conducting cells of the phloem.
Methane combustion as an energy–yielding redox reaction.