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Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
Though newer “smart” infusion pumps are increasingly becoming more sophisticated, they cannot prevent all programming and administration errors. Health care professionals that use smart infusion pumps must still practice the rights of medication administration and have other professionals double-check all high-risk infusions.
The shortest mature adult human of whom there is independent evidence was Gul Mohammed in India. In 1990, he was measured in New Delhi and stood 22.5 inches tall.