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About 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.
People often find it difficult to accept the idea that bacteria can be beneficial and improve health. Lactic acid bacteria are good, and when eaten, these bacteria improve health and increase longevity. These bacteria included in foods such as yogurt.
More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
Only one in 10 cancer deaths is caused by the primary tumor. The vast majority of cancer mortality is caused by cells breaking away from the main tumor and metastasizing to other parts of the body, such as the brain, bones, or liver.
For pediatric patients, intravenous fluids are the most commonly cited products involved in medication errors that are reported to the USP.