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People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
Medication errors are three times higher among children and infants than with adults.
More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.
As the western states of America were settled, pioneers often had to drink rancid water from ponds and other sources. This often resulted in chronic diarrhea, causing many cases of dehydration and death that could have been avoided if clean water had been available.
Studies show that systolic blood pressure can be significantly lowered by taking statins. In fact, the higher the patient's baseline blood pressure, the greater the effect of statins on his or her blood pressure.