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Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
Atropine, along with scopolamine and hyoscyamine, is found in the Datura stramonium plant, which gives hallucinogenic effects and is also known as locoweed.
The heart is located in the center of the chest, with part of it tipped slightly so that it taps against the left side of the chest.
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.
In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.