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Approximately 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.
A seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to reduce the chances you will get seasonal influenza and spread it to others.
Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
People with alcoholism are at a much greater risk of malnutrition than are other people and usually exhibit low levels of most vitamins (especially folic acid). This is because alcohol often takes the place of 50% of their daily intake of calories, with little nutritional value contained in it.
Anesthesia awareness is a potentially disturbing adverse effect wherein patients who have been paralyzed with muscle relaxants may awaken. They may be aware of their surroundings but unable to communicate or move. Neurologic monitoring equipment that helps to more closely check the patient's anesthesia stages is now available to avoid the occurrence of anesthesia awareness.