Sulfonylureas stimulate the beta cells of the pancreas to release more insulin. Sulfonylurea drugs have been in use since the 1950s. Chlorpropamide (Diabinese) is the only first-generation sulfonylurea still in use today. The second generation sulfonylureas are used in smaller doses than the first-generation drugs.
Robert Woofendale was one of the first men to practice dentistry full time in the States â for most it was a side profession intended to bring in a little money here and there. John Baker was a dentist in Boston who, based on entries from George Washingtonâs ledger book, did some dental work for the first president.
(November 2015) Ivy Lee. Ivy Ledbetter Lee (July 16, 1877 â November 9, 1934) was an American publicity expert and a founder of modern public relations. (The term Public Relations is to be found for the first time in the preface of the 1897 Yearbook of Railway Literature).