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The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
After a vasectomy, it takes about 12 ejaculations to clear out sperm that were already beyond the blocked area.
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.
Patients who cannot swallow may receive nutrition via a parenteral route—usually, a catheter is inserted through the chest into a large vein going into the heart.