Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA was discovered in 1961 in the United Kingdom. It if often referred to as a superbug. MRSA infections cause more deaths in the United States every year than AIDS.
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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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Lower drug doses for elderly patients should be used first, with titrations of the dose as tolerated to prevent unwanted drug-related pharmacodynamic effects.
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Blood in the urine can be a sign of a kidney stone, glomerulonephritis, or other kidney problems.
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Sperm cells are so tiny that 400 to 500 million (400,000,000–500,000,000) of them fit onto 1 tsp.
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Medicinal leeches on a patient’s neck. Today leeches are sometimes used in microsurgery to prevent b