Nearly all drugs pass into human breast milk. How often a drug is taken influences the amount of drug that will pass into the milk. Medications taken 30 to 60 minutes before breastfeeding are likely to be at peak blood levels when the baby is nursing.
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Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.
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Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
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The effects of organophosphate poisoning are referred to by using the abbreviations “SLUD” or “SLUDGE,” It stands for: salivation, lacrimation, urination, defecation, GI upset, and emesis.
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After a vasectomy, it takes about 12 ejaculations to clear out sperm that were already beyond the blocked area.
A blood smear. The smear reveals representative cells from each formed element group: red blood cell