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For pediatric patients, intravenous fluids are the most commonly cited products involved in medication errors that are reported to the USP.
Amphetamine poisoning can cause intravascular coagulation, circulatory collapse, rhabdomyolysis, ischemic colitis, acute psychosis, hyperthermia, respiratory distress syndrome, and pericarditis.
After a vasectomy, it takes about 12 ejaculations to clear out sperm that were already beyond the blocked area.
More than one-third of adult Americans are obese. Diseases that kill the largest number of people annually, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, and hypertension, can be attributed to diet.
More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.