If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
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For high blood pressure (hypertension), a new class of drug, called a vasopeptidase blocker (inhibitor), has been developed. It decreases blood pressure by simultaneously dilating the peripheral arteries and increasing the body's loss of salt.
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Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
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Stroke kills people from all ethnic backgrounds, but the people at highest risk for fatal strokes are: black men, black women, Asian men, white men, and white women.
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The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.
