Addicts to opiates often avoid treatment because they are afraid of withdrawal. Though unpleasant, with proper management, withdrawal is rarely fatal and passes relatively quickly.
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There are approximately 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year.
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People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes is credited with introducing the words "anesthesia" and "anesthetic" into the English language in 1846.
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When intravenous medications are involved in adverse drug events, their harmful effects may occur more rapidly, and be more severe than errors with oral medications. This is due to the direct administration into the bloodstream.
Hybrid vigor in corn
Ana Mendieta, Untitled, 1976. From Silueta Works in Mexico.