Throughout history, plants containing cardiac steroids have been used as heart drugs and as poisons (e.g., in arrows used in combat), emetics, and diuretics.
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Asthma occurs in one in 11 children and in one in 12 adults. African Americans and Latinos have a higher risk for developing asthma than other groups.
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Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve small pieces of metal such as razor blades or staples.
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Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.
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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.
An example of an EHR screen used to order a laboratory test.