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Long-term mental and physical effects from substance abuse include: paranoia, psychosis, immune deficiencies, and organ damage.
For pediatric patients, intravenous fluids are the most commonly cited products involved in medication errors that are reported to the USP.
Green tea is able to stop the scent of garlic or onion from causing bad breath.
Over time, chronic hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infections can progress to advanced liver disease, liver failure, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Unlike other forms, more than 80% of hepatitis C infections become chronic and lead to liver disease. When combined with hepatitis B, hepatitis C now accounts for 75% percent of all cases of liver disease around the world. Liver failure caused by hepatitis C is now leading cause of liver transplants in the United States.
The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.