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When intravenous medications are involved in adverse drug events, their harmful effects may occur more rapidly, and be more severe than errors with oral medications. This is due to the direct administration into the bloodstream.
Everyone has one nostril that is larger than the other.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was originally known as the Communicable Disease Center, which was formed to fight malaria. It was originally headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, since the Southern states faced the worst threat from malaria.
Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.
About 3% of all pregnant women will give birth to twins, which is an increase in rate of nearly 60% since the early 1980s.