Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
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It is believed that the Incas used anesthesia. Evidence supports the theory that shamans chewed cocoa leaves and drilled holes into the heads of patients (letting evil spirits escape), spitting into the wounds they made. The mixture of cocaine, saliva, and resin numbed the site enough to allow hours of drilling.
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Bacteria have flourished on the earth for over three billion years. They were the first life forms on the planet.
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Critical care patients are twice as likely to receive the wrong medication. Of these errors, 20% are life-threatening, and 42% require additional life-sustaining treatments.
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If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.
