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For high blood pressure (hypertension), a new class of drug, called a vasopeptidase blocker (inhibitor), has been developed. It decreases blood pressure by simultaneously dilating the peripheral arteries and increasing the body's loss of salt.
Vampire bats have a natural anticoagulant in their saliva that permits continuous bleeding after they painlessly open a wound with their incisors. This capillary blood does not cause any significant blood loss to their victims.
On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
Thyroid conditions cause a higher risk of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.
The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").