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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
People who have myopia, or nearsightedness, are not able to see objects at a distance but only up close. It occurs when the cornea is either curved too steeply, the eye is too long, or both. This condition is progressive and worsens with time. More than 100 million people in the United States are nearsighted, but only 20% of those are born with the condition. Diet, eye exercise, drug therapy, and corrective lenses can all help manage nearsightedness.
By definition, when a medication is administered intravenously, its bioavailability is 100%.
More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.
The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").