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The word drug comes from the Dutch word droog (meaning "dry"). For centuries, most drugs came from dried plants, hence the name.
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The term pharmacology is derived from the Greek words pharmakon("claim, medicine, poison, or remedy") and logos ("study").
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When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
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More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
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Malaria was not eliminated in the United States until 1951. The term eliminated means that no new cases arise in a country for 3 years.