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• Cancer
  | Caption = A coronal [[CT scan]] showing [[malignant]] [[mesothelioma|cancer of the lung sac]].<br/>Legend: →&nbsp;tumor&nbsp;←, ★&nbsp;central [[ple ...of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer is [[oncology]].
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• Manganese
  ...bination with iron), and in many minerals. As a free element, manganese is a metal with important industrial metal alloy uses, particularly in stainless ...[[permanganate]]s of [[alkali metal|alkali]] and [[alkaline earth metals]] are powerful oxidizers. Manganese dioxide is used as the cathode (electron acce
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• Implications of nanotechnology
  The '''implications of [[nanotechnology]]''' run the gamut from the [[Nanomedicine|medical]], [[et ...e|date=June 2010}} Nanotechnology's reduced size may allow for automation of tasks which were previously inaccessible due to physical restrictions, whic
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• Benzene
  ...ide, ed.|title= "Physical Constants of Organic Compounds", in CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Internet Version 2005, <http://www.hbcpnetbase.com>| ...lied process design for chemical and petrochemical plants, Volume 1|author=A. Kayode Coker, Ernest E. Ludwig|publisher=Elsevier|year=2007|isbn=075067766
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• Chlorine
  ...luorocarbons]] have been implicated in the [[ozone depletion|destruction]] of the [[ozone layer]]. ...s a pale yellow-green gas that has its distinctive strong smell, the smell of bleach. The bonding between the two atoms is relatively weak (only 242.580
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• Gabapentin
  | pregnancy_category = Benefit of treatment may outweigh risk to fetus. Risk of [[teratogenicity]] greater if more than one drug used<ref name="BNF">[[Brit ...ogue (chemistry)|analogue]]. It was originally developed for the treatment of [[epilepsy]], and currently, gabapentin is widely used to relieve [[pain]],
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• Kratom
  ...t ''[[Psychotria viridis]]''. Other species in the ''[[Mitragyna]]'' genus are used medicinally in Africa, and also used for their wood. ...leaves are decocted or extracted into water and then evaporated into a tar that can be swallowed. Kratom is not often smoked due to the active alkaloids be
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• Cannabis
  {{About|the plant genus|use as a psychoactive drug in the genus|Cannabis (drug)}} ...igh levels of THC. Various extracts including [[hashish]] and [[hash oil]] are also produced from the plant.<ref name = erowid>Erowid. 2006. [http://www.e
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• Marijuana and the brain
  ...may lead to physical changes in the brain, which may affect the behaviour of the individual and their interactions with the environment. ==Cognitive Correlates of Marijuana==
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• Salvia divinorum
  | image_alt = A short green plant with many elliptical shaped leaves of arcuate venation ...ists have not determined whether ''Salvia divinorum'' is a [[cultigen]] or a hybrid; native plants reproduce [[Vegetative reproduction|vegetatively]], r
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• Hydrocodone
  | legal_UK = Class A (CD) ...medications containing hydrocodone|combination product]] ([[United States of America|USA]])
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• Phenylbutazone
  '''Phenylbutazone''', often referred to as '''bute''', is a [[crystal]]line [[Chemical substance|substance]] having the [[chemical stru ...one of its [[phenyl group]]s, where a [[hydrogen]] [[atom]] is replaced by a [[hydroxyl group]] (making it 4-butyl-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-phenyl-3,5-pyra
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• Propofol
  ...d for use in more than 50 countries, and [[generic drug|generic]] versions are available. ....<ref name=Euliano>{{cite book |author=Euliano TY, Gravenstein JS |chapter=A brief pharmacology related to anesthesia |chapterurl=http://books.google.co
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• Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid
  ...[[narcolepsy]]. The same company is also investigating the drug for use as a [[fibromyalgia]] treatment.<ref>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052 ...and wines. [[Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency]] is a disease that causes GHB to accumulate in the blood.
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• 2001 anthrax attacks
  |caption = A letter sent to [[Senate Majority Leader]] [[Tom Daschle]] containing [[baci ...ers postmarked September 18, 2001 and October 9, 2001; some were opened at a later date
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