Colchicine is a highly poisonous alkaloid originally extracted from a type of saffron plant that is used mainly to treat gout.
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There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.
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Throughout history, plants containing cardiac steroids have been used as heart drugs and as poisons (e.g., in arrows used in combat), emetics, and diuretics.
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Alzheimer's disease affects only about 10% of people older than 65 years of age. Most forms of decreased mental function and dementia are caused by disuse (letting the mind get lazy).
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The U.S. Pharmacopeia Medication Errors Reporting Program states that approximately 50% of all medication errors involve insulin.
Funny Maths Response
IgE Response
Drug tolerance: A shift in the dose-response curve to the right as a result of exposure to the drug.
“Fight or Flight” Response
Steiner taste response experiments on three newborns
Sympathetic Nervous System's Flight or Fight Response