Prior to the mid-1950s regular dental hygiene didnât hold much promise for oral health. Toothpastes had been formulated since ancient times with ingredients ranging from burnt oyster shells to ground areca nuts. Americans using a soap-and-water-based dentifrice were developing around 700 million cavities a year.
Drug delivery into muscle using an autoinjector, akin to the EpiPen used to treat serious allergic reactions, is faster and may be a more effective way to stop status epilepticus, a prolonged seizure lasting longer than five minutes, according to a study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health.
When most people think of seizures, they think of generalized clonic-tonic seizures, in which the whole body shakes rhythmically and convulses. Generalized clonic-tonic seizures are one of the most severe types of clinical seizures and can be dangerous if they continue for 15 minutes or more.