It is widely believed that giving a daily oral dose of aspirin to heart attack patients improves their chances of survival because the aspirin blocks the formation of new blood clots.
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Alcohol acts as a diuretic. Eight ounces of water is needed to metabolize just 1 ounce of alcohol.
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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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The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
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According to the FDA, adverse drug events harmed or killed approximately 1,200,000 people in the United States in the year 2015.