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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates's recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.
The ratio of hydrogen atoms to oxygen in water (H2O) is 2:1.
More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
Since 1988, the CDC has reported a 99% reduction in bacterial meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae, due to the introduction of the vaccine against it.