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The training of an anesthesiologist typically requires four years of college, 4 years of medical school, 1 year of internship, and 3 years of residency.
Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
Drying your hands with a paper towel will reduce the bacterial count on your hands by 45–60%.
There are major differences in the metabolism of morphine and the illegal drug heroin. Morphine mostly produces its CNS effects through m-receptors, and at k- and d-receptors. Heroin has a slight affinity for opiate receptors. Most of its actions are due to metabolism to active metabolites (6-acetylmorphine, morphine, and morphine-6-glucuronide).
People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.