Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
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Barbituric acid, the base material of barbiturates, was first synthesized in 1863 by Adolph von Bayer. His company later went on to synthesize aspirin for the first time, and Bayer aspirin is still a popular brand today.
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According to animal studies, the typical American diet is damaging to the liver and may result in allergies, low energy, digestive problems, and a lack of ability to detoxify harmful substances.
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The first war in which wide-scale use of anesthetics occurred was the Civil War, and 80% of all wounds were in the extremities.
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Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
This bleeding heart plant (the genus Dicentra) is an example of an angiosperm.
Posterior view of the Heart, outlining the major arteries