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When taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors, people should avoid a variety of foods, which include alcoholic beverages, bean curd, broad (fava) bean pods, cheese, fish, ginseng, protein extracts, meat, sauerkraut, shrimp paste, soups, and yeast.
For high blood pressure (hypertension), a new class of drug, called a vasopeptidase blocker (inhibitor), has been developed. It decreases blood pressure by simultaneously dilating the peripheral arteries and increasing the body's loss of salt.
The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria on it than a toilet.
Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.
Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.