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Nearly all drugs pass into human breast milk. How often a drug is taken influences the amount of drug that will pass into the milk. Medications taken 30 to 60 minutes before breastfeeding are likely to be at peak blood levels when the baby is nursing.
There are approximately 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year.
In the ancient and medieval periods, dysentery killed about ? of all babies before they reach 12 months of age. The disease was transferred through contaminated drinking water, because there was no way to adequately dispose of sewage, which contaminated the water.
Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.