It is widely believed that giving a daily oral dose of aspirin to heart attack patients improves their chances of survival because the aspirin blocks the formation of new blood clots.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes is credited with introducing the words "anesthesia" and "anesthetic" into the English language in 1846.
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Long-term mental and physical effects from substance abuse include: paranoia, psychosis, immune deficiencies, and organ damage.
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The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.
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More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.