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Cocaine was isolated in 1860 and first used as a local anesthetic in 1884. Its first clinical use was by Sigmund Freud to wean a patient from morphine addiction. The fictional character Sherlock Holmes was supposed to be addicted to cocaine by injection.
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There can actually be a 25-hour time difference between certain locations in the world. The International Date Line passes between the islands of Samoa and American Samoa. It is not a straight line, but "zig-zags" around various island chains. Therefore, Samoa and nearby islands have one date, while American Samoa and nearby islands are one day behind. Daylight saving time is used in some islands, but not in others—further shifting the hours out of sync with natural time.
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Eat fiber! A diet high in fiber can help lower cholesterol levels by as much as 10%.
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Approximately one in four people diagnosed with diabetes will develop foot problems. Of these, about one-third will require lower extremity amputation.
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There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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Xenophon (430–357 B.C.E.) Biographer of Socrates and his student as a youth. In addition to four ...
Another class of dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors is exemplified by trimethoprim