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Nearly all drugs pass into human breast milk. How often a drug is taken influences the amount of drug that will pass into the milk. Medications taken 30 to 60 minutes before breastfeeding are likely to be at peak blood levels when the baby is nursing.
Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
Green tea is able to stop the scent of garlic or onion from causing bad breath.
When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
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.