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Throughout history, plants containing cardiac steroids have been used as heart drugs and as poisons (e.g., in arrows used in combat), emetics, and diuretics.
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On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
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The average older adult in the United States takes five prescription drugs per day. Half of these drugs contain a sedative. Alcohol should therefore be avoided by most senior citizens because of the dangerous interactions between alcohol and sedatives.
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There are more sensory neurons in the tongue than in any other part of the body.