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The average human gut is home to perhaps 500 to 1,000 different species of bacteria.
The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.
Approximately 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.
The human body's pharmacokinetics are quite varied. Our hair holds onto drugs longer than our urine, blood, or saliva. For example, alcohol can be detected in the hair for up to 90 days after it was consumed. The same is true for marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy, heroin, methamphetamine, and nicotine.
All patients with hyperparathyroidism will develop osteoporosis. The parathyroid glands maintain blood calcium within the normal range. All patients with this disease will continue to lose calcium from their bones every day, and there is no way to prevent the development of osteoporosis as a result.