- Skunks are the most common cause of rabies in the US, no joke. [#0]
- Women should take folate before they plan to have a baby to prevent neural tube defects.[#1]
- Mad Cow disease is caused by something called a prion.[#4]
- Pregnant women should avoid eating soft cheeses like feta-cheese because the baby could develop meningitis in first month of life. (Soft cheeses are known to sometimes carry listeria monocytongenies, the 3rd most common cause of meningitis in newborns)[#0, #1]
12/19/06 - PCP (Phencyclidine)was used as a dissociative anesthetic in medicine but was replaced by ketamine. PCP produces euphoria, hallucinations but also increases aggressiveness. It increases activity of dopamine by blocking dopamine uptake. Overdose may result in seizures, respiratory depression and coma. [#2]
12/18/06 - The incidence of peptic ulcer is two-fold greater in smokers. [#4]
12/15/06 - Never take Viagra (Sildenafil) and nitrates together because it could cause life-threatening hypotension. And that would just suck! [#3]
12/14/06 - You shouldn’t give aspirin (aka acetylsalicylic acid) to a child with a fever because it could be fatal. The kid could develop Reye syndrome,a drug-induced liver disease. Remember, protect the little dudes! [#1]
12/13/06 - Did you know that swing-shift workers have a lower life acceptancy than other workers? Maybe that is why they get paid more. [#0]
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Sources:
#0 - Class Notes / Unknown #1 - Robbins pathologic basis of disease. - 7th ed./Ramzi S. Cotran, Vinay Kumar, Tucker Collins. #2 - Board Review Series Pharmacology - 3rd ed/ Gary C. Rosenfeld, David S. Loose-Mitchell. #3 - First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 - /Vikas Bhushan, Tao Le, Joshua Klein, Anil Shivaram. #4 - Board Reveiw Series Pathology - 2nd ed/ Arthur S. Schneider, Philip A. Szanto. #5 -
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