|
Author Question: The number of children living in extreme poverty has doubled since 2000. a. True b. False ... (Read 55 times) |
Eat fiber! A diet high in fiber can help lower cholesterol levels by as much as 10%.
The average person is easily confused by the terms pharmaceutics and pharmacology, thinking they are one and the same. Whereas pharmaceutics is the science of preparing and dispensing drugs (otherwise known as the science of pharmacy), pharmacology is the study of medications.
By definition, when a medication is administered intravenously, its bioavailability is 100%.
For high blood pressure (hypertension), a new class of drug, called a vasopeptidase blocker (inhibitor), has been developed. It decreases blood pressure by simultaneously dilating the peripheral arteries and increasing the body's loss of salt.
Malaria was not eliminated in the United States until 1951. The term eliminated means that no new cases arise in a country for 3 years.