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A seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to reduce the chances you will get seasonal influenza and spread it to others.
About 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.
There are major differences in the metabolism of morphine and the illegal drug heroin. Morphine mostly produces its CNS effects through m-receptors, and at k- and d-receptors. Heroin has a slight affinity for opiate receptors. Most of its actions are due to metabolism to active metabolites (6-acetylmorphine, morphine, and morphine-6-glucuronide).
Your chance of developing a kidney stone is 1 in 10. In recent years, approximately 3.7 million people in the United States were diagnosed with a kidney disease.
Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.