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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
Bacteria have flourished on the earth for over three billion years. They were the first life forms on the planet.
Congestive heart failure is a serious disorder that carries a reduced life expectancy. Heart failure is usually a chronic illness, and it may worsen with infection or other physical stressors.
When blood is deoxygenated and flowing back to the heart through the veins, it is dark reddish-blue in color. Blood in the arteries that is oxygenated and flowing out to the body is bright red. Whereas arterial blood comes out in spurts, venous blood flows.
More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.