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More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
Disorders that may affect pharmacodynamics include genetic mutations, malnutrition, thyrotoxicosis, myasthenia gravis, Parkinson's disease, and certain forms of insulin-resistant diabetes mellitus.
Historic treatments for rheumatoid arthritis have included gold salts, acupuncture, a diet consisting of apples or rhubarb, nutmeg, nettles, bee venom, bracelets made of copper, prayer, rest, tooth extractions, fasting, honey, vitamins, insulin, snow collected on Christmas, magnets, and electric convulsion therapy.
Multiple experimental evidences have confirmed that at the molecular level, cancer is caused by lesions in cellular DNA.
On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.