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Only 12 hours after an egg cell is fertilized by a sperm cell, the egg cell starts to divide. As it continues to divide, it moves along the fallopian tube toward the uterus at about 1 inch per day.
Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.
When blood is deoxygenated and flowing back to the heart through the veins, it is dark reddish-blue in color. Blood in the arteries that is oxygenated and flowing out to the body is bright red. Whereas arterial blood comes out in spurts, venous blood flows.
For pediatric patients, intravenous fluids are the most commonly cited products involved in medication errors that are reported to the USP.