Throughout history, plants containing cardiac steroids have been used as heart drugs and as poisons (e.g., in arrows used in combat), emetics, and diuretics.
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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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About 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.
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It is believed that humans initially contracted crabs from gorillas about 3 million years ago from either sleeping in gorilla nests or eating the apes.
Research Methods
Ethics in social research are of vital concern to sociologists. As discussed in the text, ...
Interventions for Selected Co-Occurring Conditions