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The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates’s recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.
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.
The immune system needs 9.5 hours of sleep in total darkness to recharge completely.
Earwax has antimicrobial properties that reduce the viability of bacteria and fungus in the human ear.
The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.