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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Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.
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In 2006, a generic antinausea drug named ondansetron was approved. It is used to stop nausea and vomiting associated with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.
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The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.
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Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
True-color view of Mars seen through NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in 1999