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Cutaneous mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection that has been fatal in at least 29% of cases, and in as many as 83% of cases, depending on the patient's health prior to infection. It has occurred often after natural disasters such as tornados, and early treatment is essential.
Nearly all drugs pass into human breast milk. How often a drug is taken influences the amount of drug that will pass into the milk. Medications taken 30 to 60 minutes before breastfeeding are likely to be at peak blood levels when the baby is nursing.
More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.