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Every 10 seconds, a person in the United States goes to the emergency room complaining of head pain. About 1.2 million visits are for acute migraine attacks.
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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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The most common treatment options for addiction include psychotherapy, support groups, and individual counseling.
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The term bacteria was devised in the 19th century by German biologist Ferdinand Cohn. He based it on the Greek word "bakterion" meaning a small rod or staff. Cohn is considered to be the father of modern bacteriology.
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Certain topical medications such as clotrimazole and betamethasone are not approved for use in children younger than 12 years of age. They must be used very cautiously, as directed by a doctor, to treat any child. Children have a much greater response to topical steroid medications.
Changes in boreal forest composition along a chronosequence in Quebec. Dates refer to the year of th
Hearing process
In American Progress (1872), John Gast depicts a feminized (and eroticized) America moving westward,
On March 25, 1911, as scores of young factory girls leaped to their deaths from the eighth, ninth, a
American women operating machine lathes in a munitions factory.
Testing hearing acuity using a tuning fork.