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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
Walt Disney helped combat malaria by making an animated film in 1943 called The Winged Scourge. This short film starred the seven dwarfs and taught children that mosquitos transmit malaria, which is a very bad disease. It advocated the killing of mosquitos to stop the disease.
When intravenous medications are involved in adverse drug events, their harmful effects may occur more rapidly, and be more severe than errors with oral medications. This is due to the direct administration into the bloodstream.