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Author Question: Over half of the youth in the juvenile justice system have mental health problems. (Read 145 times) |
A seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to reduce the chances you will get seasonal influenza and spread it to others.
The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
It is believed that the Incas used anesthesia. Evidence supports the theory that shamans chewed cocoa leaves and drilled holes into the heads of patients (letting evil spirits escape), spitting into the wounds they made. The mixture of cocaine, saliva, and resin numbed the site enough to allow hours of drilling.
Critical care patients are twice as likely to receive the wrong medication. Of these errors, 20% are life-threatening, and 42% require additional life-sustaining treatments.