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Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
Alzheimer's disease affects only about 10% of people older than 65 years of age. Most forms of decreased mental function and dementia are caused by disuse (letting the mind get lazy).
For about 100 years, scientists thought that peptic ulcers were caused by stress, spicy food, and alcohol. Later, researchers added stomach acid to the list of causes and began treating ulcers with antacids. Now it is known that peptic ulcers are predominantly caused by Helicobacter pylori, a spiral-shaped bacterium that normally exist in the stomach.