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More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
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Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.
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It is believed that the Incas used anesthesia. Evidence supports the theory that shamans chewed cocoa leaves and drilled holes into the heads of patients (letting evil spirits escape), spitting into the wounds they made. The mixture of cocaine, saliva, and resin numbed the site enough to allow hours of drilling.
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Drying your hands with a paper towel will reduce the bacterial count on your hands by 45–60%.
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The first war in which wide-scale use of anesthetics occurred was the Civil War, and 80% of all wounds were in the extremities.