More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.
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Nitroglycerin is used to alleviate various heart-related conditions, and it is also the chief component of dynamite (but mixed in a solid clay base to stabilize it).
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This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
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More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
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In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
Location of the heart within the mediastinum of the thoracic cavity.