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More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
Pubic lice (crabs) are usually spread through sexual contact. You cannot catch them by using a public toilet.
There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.
The effects of organophosphate poisoning are referred to by using the abbreviations “SLUD” or “SLUDGE,” It stands for: salivation, lacrimation, urination, defecation, GI upset, and emesis.
Bisphosphonates were first developed in the nineteenth century. They were first investigated for use in disorders of bone metabolism in the 1960s. They are now used clinically for the treatment of osteoporosis, Paget's disease, bone metastasis, multiple myeloma, and other conditions that feature bone fragility.