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Bacteria have flourished on the earth for over three billion years. They were the first life forms on the planet.
People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
When Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer, he called "zero degrees" the lowest temperature he was able to attain with a mixture of ice and salt. For the upper point of his scale, he used 96°, which he measured as normal human body temperature (we know it to be 98.6° today because of more accurate thermometers).
Computer programs are available that crosscheck a new drug's possible trade name with all other trade names currently available. These programs detect dangerous similarities between names and alert the manufacturer of the drug.