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In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.
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.
The National Institutes of Health have supported research into acupuncture. This has shown that acupuncture significantly reduced pain associated with osteoarthritis of the knee, when used as a complement to conventional therapies.
The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.