According to the FDA, adverse drug events harmed or killed approximately 1,200,000 people in the United States in the year 2015.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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It is difficult to obtain enough calcium without consuming milk or other dairy foods.
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Eating food that has been cooked with poppy seeds may cause you to fail a drug screening test, because the seeds contain enough opiate alkaloids to register as a positive.
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A serious new warning has been established for pregnant women against taking ACE inhibitors during pregnancy. In the study, the risk of major birth defects in children whose mothers took ACE inhibitors during the first trimester was nearly three times higher than in children whose mothers didn't take ACE inhibitors. Physicians can prescribe alternative medications for pregnant women who have symptoms of high blood pressure.