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More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.
There are approximately 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year.
Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
In 1886, William Bates reported on the discovery of a substance produced by the adrenal gland that turned out to be epinephrine (adrenaline). In 1904, this drug was first artificially synthesized by Friedrich Stolz.
There are immediate benefits of chiropractic adjustments that are visible via magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). It shows that spinal manipulation therapy is effective in decreasing pain and increasing the gaps between the vertebrae, reducing pressure that leads to pain.