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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.
Despite claims by manufacturers, the supplement known as Ginkgo biloba was shown in a study of more than 3,000 participants to be ineffective in reducing development of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in older people.
Immunoglobulin injections may give short-term protection against, or reduce severity of certain diseases. They help people who have an inherited problem making their own antibodies, or those who are having certain types of cancer treatments.
The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.