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Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
Coca-Cola originally used coca leaves and caffeine from the African kola nut. It was advertised as a therapeutic agent and "pickerupper." Eventually, its formulation was changed, and the coca leaves were removed because of the effects of regulation on cocaine-related products.
In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
Ether was used widely for surgeries but became less popular because of its flammability and its tendency to cause vomiting. In England, it was quickly replaced by chloroform, but this agent caused many deaths and lost popularity.
Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.