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In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
Atropine, along with scopolamine and hyoscyamine, is found in the Datura stramonium plant, which gives hallucinogenic effects and is also known as locoweed.
The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
Asthma-like symptoms were first recorded about 3,500 years ago in Egypt. The first manuscript specifically written about asthma was in the year 1190, describing a condition characterized by sudden breathlessness. The treatments listed in this manuscript include chicken soup, herbs, and sexual abstinence.
Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.