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Sildenafil (Viagra®) has two actions that may be of consequence in patients with heart disease. It can lower the blood pressure, and it can interact with nitrates. It should never be used in patients who are taking nitrates.
People with alcoholism are at a much greater risk of malnutrition than are other people and usually exhibit low levels of most vitamins (especially folic acid). This is because alcohol often takes the place of 50% of their daily intake of calories, with little nutritional value contained in it.
Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.