Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.
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In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
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Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
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Patients should never assume they are being given the appropriate drugs. They should make sure they know which drugs are being prescribed, and always double-check that the drugs received match the prescription.
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Hippocrates noted that blood separates into four differently colored liquids when removed from the body and examined: a pure red liquid mixed with white liquid material with a yellow-colored froth at the top and a black substance that settles underneath; he named these the four humors (for blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile).
Water striders serve as a model organism for the study of sexual conflict between males and females.
Special Purpose Checks
Apply light tapotement on the head. Tapping lightly with the fingertips works well for this purpose.
Barenboim's study show the change in children's descriptions of their peers