Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
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Your heart beats over 36 million times a year.
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Elderly adults are at greatest risk of stroke and myocardial infarction and have the most to gain from prophylaxis. Patients ages 60 to 80 years with blood pressures above 160/90 mm Hg should benefit from antihypertensive treatment.
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Bacteria have flourished on the earth for over three billion years. They were the first life forms on the planet.
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The first-known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used in Egypt in 2000 BC. Condoms were also reportedly used, made of animal bladders or intestines.
Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace (detail), from the Scrolls of Events of the Heiji Period.