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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 familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.
There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.
More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
More than nineteen million Americans carry the factor V gene that causes blood clots, pulmonary embolism, and heart disease.