On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.
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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.
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More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
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The FDA recognizes 118 routes of administration.
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Stroke kills people from all ethnic backgrounds, but the people at highest risk for fatal strokes are: black men, black women, Asian men, white men, and white women.
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A rubber mallet used to deliver a force to an object without harming the surface.
A rubber mallet used to deliver a force to an object without harming the surface.
A schematic view of delivery of a protein, synthesized in cytoplasm, into the nucleus