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Opium has influenced much of the world's most popular literature. The following authors were all opium users, of varying degrees: Lewis Carroll, Charles, Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Oscar Wilde.
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.
The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
Earwax has antimicrobial properties that reduce the viability of bacteria and fungus in the human ear.
Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.