The word drug comes from the Dutch word droog (meaning "dry"). For centuries, most drugs came from dried plants, hence the name.
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Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
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In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
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The term pharmacology is derived from the Greek words pharmakon("claim, medicine, poison, or remedy") and logos ("study").
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The eye muscles are the most active muscles in the whole body. The external muscles that move the eyes are the strongest muscles in the human body for the job they have to do. They are 100 times more powerful than they need to be.
Variation in climatic conditions result in geographic variation in the distribution of biome types a