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Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.
If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
Your chance of developing a kidney stone is 1 in 10. In recent years, approximately 3.7 million people in the United States were diagnosed with a kidney disease.
Though newer “smart” infusion pumps are increasingly becoming more sophisticated, they cannot prevent all programming and administration errors. Health care professionals that use smart infusion pumps must still practice the rights of medication administration and have other professionals double-check all high-risk infusions.
The heart is located in the center of the chest, with part of it tipped slightly so that it taps against the left side of the chest.