On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.
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Critical care patients are twice as likely to receive the wrong medication. Of these errors, 20% are life-threatening, and 42% require additional life-sustaining treatments.
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There are actually 60 minerals, 16 vitamins, 12 essential amino acids, and three essential fatty acids that your body needs every day.
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Persons who overdose with cardiac glycosides have a better chance of overall survival if they can survive the first 24 hours after the overdose.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
Surface magnetic field of SU Aur (a young star of T Tauri type), reconstructed by means of Zeeman-Do