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Anesthesia awareness is a potentially disturbing adverse effect wherein patients who have been paralyzed with muscle relaxants may awaken. They may be aware of their surroundings but unable to communicate or move. Neurologic monitoring equipment that helps to more closely check the patient's anesthesia stages is now available to avoid the occurrence of anesthesia awareness.
Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve small pieces of metal such as razor blades or staples.
Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.
Adults are resistant to the bacterium that causes Botulism. These bacteria thrive in honey – therefore, honey should never be given to infants since their immune systems are not yet resistant.
Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.