Elderly adults are living longer, and causes of death are shifting. At the same time, autopsy rates are at or near their lowest in history.
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Nitroglycerin is used to alleviate various heart-related conditions, and it is also the chief component of dynamite (but mixed in a solid clay base to stabilize it).
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In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
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The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.
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There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in every adult human.
A comparison between chromosomes found in a normal human cell and a cancer cell from the same person
Comparison of normal and sickle cell red blood cells.