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Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
There are more sensory neurons in the tongue than in any other part of the body.
The B-complex vitamins and vitamin C are not stored in the body and must be replaced each day.
The average adult has about 21 square feet of skin.
Though Candida and Aspergillus species are the most common fungal pathogens causing invasive fungal disease in the immunocompromised, infections due to previously uncommon hyaline and dematiaceous filamentous fungi are occurring more often today. Rare fungal infections, once accurately diagnosed, may require surgical debridement, immunotherapy, and newer antifungals used singly or in combination with older antifungals, on a case-by-case basis.