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This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
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The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
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The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
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Colchicine is a highly poisonous alkaloid originally extracted from a type of saffron plant that is used mainly to treat gout.
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For about 100 years, scientists thought that peptic ulcers were caused by stress, spicy food, and alcohol. Later, researchers added stomach acid to the list of causes and began treating ulcers with antacids. Now it is known that peptic ulcers are predominantly caused by Helicobacter pylori, a spiral-shaped bacterium that normally exist in the stomach.