Nearly all drugs pass into human breast milk. How often a drug is taken influences the amount of drug that will pass into the milk. Medications taken 30 to 60 minutes before breastfeeding are likely to be at peak blood levels when the baby is nursing.
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More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
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There are approximately 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year.
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In ancient Rome, many of the richer people in the population had lead-induced gout. The reason for this is unclear. Lead poisoning has also been linked to madness.
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The term bacteria was devised in the 19th century by German biologist Ferdinand Cohn. He based it on the Greek word "bakterion" meaning a small rod or staff. Cohn is considered to be the father of modern bacteriology.
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Willem de Kooning, Woman and Bicycle.
Woman seated between two felines, Çatalhöyük, Turkey.
Mazie Hirono, the first Japanese American woman to be elected a U.S. senator.
Pulling a skewer through chocolate and raspberry-sauce dots to create a border of hearts