Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.
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In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
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Oxytocin is recommended only for pregnancies that have a medical reason for inducing labor (such as eclampsia) and is not recommended for elective procedures or for making the birthing process more convenient.
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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 believed that humans initially contracted crabs from gorillas about 3 million years ago from either sleeping in gorilla nests or eating the apes.
The carbon cycle. Numbers are storage as 1015 g or fluxes as 1015 g per year (data from Schlesinger
American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
Mazie Hirono, the first Japanese American woman to be elected a U.S. senator.
Major causes of biodiversity loss
Invasive species and the biodiversity loss
Honey should never be given to children younger than one year of age