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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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A serious new warning has been established for pregnant women against taking ACE inhibitors during pregnancy. In the study, the risk of major birth defects in children whose mothers took ACE inhibitors during the first trimester was nearly three times higher than in children whose mothers didn't take ACE inhibitors. Physicians can prescribe alternative medications for pregnant women who have symptoms of high blood pressure.
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Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
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As many as 28% of hospitalized patients requiring mechanical ventilators to help them breathe (for more than 48 hours) will develop ventilator-associated pneumonia. Current therapy involves intravenous antibiotics, but new antibiotics that can be inhaled (and more directly treat the infection) are being developed.
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Of the estimated 2 million heroin users in the United States, 600,000–800,000 are considered hardcore addicts. Heroin addiction is considered to be one of the hardest addictions to recover from.
Lampreys (sometimes also called lamprey eels) are a family of jawless fish
Renal calculi (stones) can form in several areas within the urinary tract. When they form in the kid
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Alternative splicing of pre-mRNA for a muscle protein called α-tropomyosin