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  • Rail as I will at Miss West's red-blood complacency of life, yet I must bow my head to her life-giving to me.

    CHAPTER XV 2010

  • The company claims that spending up to 20 minutes in the pod three times a week can boost athletic performance by improving circulation, boosting oxygen-rich red-blood cells, removing lactic acid and possibly even stimulating mitochondrial biogenesis and stem-cell production.

    Novak Djokovic's Secret: Sitting in a Pressurized Egg Hannah Karp 2011

  • At the University of Pennsylvania's Pennsylvania Hospital, surgery is postponed when possible for patients who arrive with less-than-ideal red-blood counts so they can be treated to bolster their hemoglobin, said Charles Bridges, the hospital's chief of cardiothoracic surgery.

    An Overused Step in Heart Surgery Ron Winslow 2010

  • Forty miles away from us, the heart of hell burst from the lofty mountains and gushed red-blood of fire-melted rock toward the sea.

    WHEN ALICE TOLD HER SOUL 2010

  • Such was my condition that the red-blood health of Miss West was virtually an affront to me -- for I knew how unthinking and immoderate such blood could be.

    CHAPTER VIII 2010

  • She was eventually diagnosed with hemolytic uremic syndrome, which can be caused when an E. coli infection produces toxic substances that destroy red-blood cells and damage the kidneys.

    A Clash Over Unpasteurized Milk Gets Raw Laura Landro 2010

  • Transfusions, which enhance performance by boosting a rider's red-blood cell count, are considered cheating by the International Cycling Union, the sport's governing body.

    U.S. Casts Wider Net in Probe of Cycling 2010

  • In the case of malaria, the target can be the Plasmodium parasite that causes the deadly disease or human red-blood cells that it needs to survive.

    Glaxo Tries a Linux Approach 2010

  • She was eventually diagnosed with hemolytic uremic syndrome, which can be caused when an E. coli infection produces toxic substances that destroy red-blood cells and damage the kidneys.

    A Clash Over Unpasteurized Milk Gets Raw Laura Landro 2010

  • She was eventually diagnosed with hemolytic uremic syndrome, which can be caused when an E. coli infection produces toxic substances that destroy red-blood cells and damage the kidneys.

    A Clash Over Unpasteurized Milk Gets Raw Laura Landro 2010

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