Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
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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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Opium has influenced much of the world's most popular literature. The following authors were all opium users, of varying degrees: Lewis Carroll, Charles, Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Oscar Wilde.
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During pregnancy, a woman is more likely to experience bleeding gums and nosebleeds caused by hormonal changes that increase blood flow to the mouth and nose.
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Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
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Attributed to Apollodorus, Column of Trajan, Rome.
Imperial Procession (detail), south frieze, Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome.
The process of ventilation: inspiration and expiration.