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The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates's recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.
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Eating food that has been cooked with poppy seeds may cause you to fail a drug screening test, because the seeds contain enough opiate alkaloids to register as a positive.
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In 2012, nearly 24 milliion Americans, aged 12 and older, had abused an illicit drug, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
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After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
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Alzheimer's disease affects only about 10% of people older than 65 years of age. Most forms of decreased mental function and dementia are caused by disuse (letting the mind get lazy).
Human embryonic stem cell colony and iPS colony
The adsorption spectrum of rhodopsin compared with the human scotopic spectral sensitivity curve.
Species-area curves
Some obesity genes in the human genome. The green triangles represent single genes in which obesity
Stages of Human Development
Human karyotype