Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
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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.
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Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Throughout history, plants containing cardiac steroids have been used as heart drugs and as poisons (e.g., in arrows used in combat), emetics, and diuretics.
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Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
Pineal Gland, Located on the Dorsal Surface of the Midbrain