The newest statin drug, rosuvastatin, has been called a superstatin because it appears to reduce LDL cholesterol to a greater degree than the other approved statin drugs.
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Your heart beats over 36 million times a year.
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Children of people with alcoholism are more inclined to drink alcohol or use hard drugs. In fact, they are 400 times more likely to use hard drugs than those who do not have a family history of alcohol addiction.
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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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More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.
Julius Axelrod
Julius von Sachs
Pope Francis
Shown here is Pope Leo III crowning Charlemagne king of the Franks in 800.
This red velvet shoes belonged to Pope Benedict XV