Medical Science







Thalidomide Birth Defects

Thalidomide was first marketed as a sedative in Europe in the 1950s, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The German pharmaceutical company Gruuenthal released the drug in 1957. Thalidomide’s teratogenic properties were not known at that time,…
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Donate Blood

If a complete stranger needed your help to save his life, with no danger to your own, would you help him? What if that help required being poked with a needle? Every four minutes, someone in local hospitals receives a…
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