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  2. Daily low-dose aspirin has its benefits — and risks. Here's ...

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    Janet O'Mahony, a Baltimore-area internal medicine doctor at Mercy Medical Center, tells Yahoo Life: “Where aspirin is used more commonly these days is as an antiplatelet agent,” or blood ...

  3. Salicylate poisoning - Wikipedia

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    Salicylate poisoning, also known as aspirin poisoning, is the acute or chronic poisoning with a salicylate such as aspirin. [1] The classic symptoms are ringing in the ears, nausea, abdominal pain, and a fast breathing rate. [1] Early on, these may be subtle, while larger doses may result in fever.

  4. Aspirin - Wikipedia

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    For some people, aspirin does not have as strong an effect on platelets as for others, an effect known as aspirin-resistance or insensitivity. One study has suggested women are more likely to be resistant than men, [158] and a different, aggregate study of 2,930 people found 28% were resistant. [159]

  5. Environmental toxicants and fetal development - Wikipedia

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    Improvements have been made to meet these regulations. Despite these improvements, the region still does not meet federal standards for ozone and particulate matter. Approximately 150,000 births occur every year in Los Angeles. Thus, any effects air pollution has on human development in utero are of great concern to those who live in this ...

  6. It's baby animal season. Wildlife experts once again remind ...

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    "Every time this time of year, members of the public kidnap hundreds of young animals," said David Wattles, Black Bear & Furbearer Biologist at the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife.

  7. Mechanism of action of aspirin - Wikipedia

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    Aspirin acts as an acetylating agent where an acetyl group is covalently attached to a serine residue in the active site of the COX enzyme. [1] This makes aspirin different from other NSAIDs (such as diclofenac and ibuprofen), which are reversible inhibitors; aspirin creates an allosteric change in the structure of the COX enzyme. [2]

  8. Timeline of the evolutionary history of life - Wikipedia

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    The earliest evidence for life on Earth includes: 3.8 billion-year-old biogenic hematite in a banded iron formation of the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt in Canada; [30] graphite in 3.7 billion-year-old metasedimentary rocks in western Greenland; [31] and microbial mat fossils in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone in Western Australia. [32] [33 ...

  9. The animal factor: Hurricanes Helene and Milton didn't just ...

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    A similar animal displacement happened after Hurricane Maria, with dogs being brought to New York for adoption, courtesy of organizations like the Sato Project, which has rescued and flown out ...