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On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
In 1886, William Bates reported on the discovery of a substance produced by the adrenal gland that turned out to be epinephrine (adrenaline). In 1904, this drug was first artificially synthesized by Friedrich Stolz.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that all women age 65 years of age or older should be screened with bone densitometry.
Signs and symptoms of a drug overdose include losing consciousness, fever or sweating, breathing problems, abnormal pulse, and changes in skin color.
For pediatric patients, intravenous fluids are the most commonly cited products involved in medication errors that are reported to the USP.
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