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Cocaine was isolated in 1860 and first used as a local anesthetic in 1884. Its first clinical use was by Sigmund Freud to wean a patient from morphine addiction. The fictional character Sherlock Holmes was supposed to be addicted to cocaine by injection.
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Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.
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This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
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The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
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Elderly adults are living longer, and causes of death are shifting. At the same time, autopsy rates are at or near their lowest in history.