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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.
The National Institutes of Health have supported research into acupuncture. This has shown that acupuncture significantly reduced pain associated with osteoarthritis of the knee, when used as a complement to conventional therapies.
Hyperthyroidism leads to an increased rate of metabolism and affects about 1% of women but only 0.1% of men. For most people, this increased metabolic rate causes the thyroid gland to become enlarged (known as a goiter).
Approximately 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.
According to the FDA, adverse drug events harmed or killed approximately 1,200,000 people in the United States in the year 2015.