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About 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.
Common abbreviations that cause medication errors include U (unit), mg (milligram), QD (every day), SC (subcutaneous), TIW (three times per week), D/C (discharge or discontinue), HS (at bedtime or "hours of sleep"), cc (cubic centimeters), and AU (each ear).
The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria on it than a toilet.
Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
In the ancient and medieval periods, dysentery killed about ? of all babies before they reach 12 months of age. The disease was transferred through contaminated drinking water, because there was no way to adequately dispose of sewage, which contaminated the water.