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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The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.
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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
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People often find it difficult to accept the idea that bacteria can be beneficial and improve health. Lactic acid bacteria are good, and when eaten, these bacteria improve health and increase longevity. These bacteria included in foods such as yogurt.
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Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
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Preoperative photograph of a 43-year-old Caucasian male with necrotizing fasciitis on the day of ...
Genome rearrangements that can be promoted by homologous recombination between two copies