In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
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There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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About 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.
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Never take aspirin without food because it is likely to irritate your stomach. Never give aspirin to children under age 12. Overdoses of aspirin have the potential to cause deafness.
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In 1886, William Bates reported on the discovery of a substance produced by the adrenal gland that turned out to be epinephrine (adrenaline). In 1904, this drug was first artificially synthesized by Friedrich Stolz.