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  • Created on: 28-03-13 14:53
The opnion that 'the cure for the disease would be found where you caught the disease'is an example of..
hearsay
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When was thalidomide found to damage the development of unborn babies?
1960
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How many babies were affected around the world from thalidomide
10,000 babies
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What is thalidomide used for today?
Thalidomide is now used as a treatment for leprosy and bone cancer
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Thalidomide was developed..
as a sleeping pill
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Why is nicotine addictive?
It reaches the brain within 20 seconds and creates a dependency so that smokers become addicted
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The impact of drugs on our heath is..
All drugs have the potential to damage our health, because they change chemical processes in the body
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What best describes the term 'toxin'
a poisonouse substance
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What would make the results of the trails less valid?
some of the volunteers using nicotine patches in addition to taking bupropion
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The first sign of problems with thalidomide
babies were born with limb abnormalities
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