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Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.
Pubic lice (crabs) are usually spread through sexual contact. You cannot catch them by using a public toilet.
Walt Disney helped combat malaria by making an animated film in 1943 called The Winged Scourge. This short film starred the seven dwarfs and taught children that mosquitos transmit malaria, which is a very bad disease. It advocated the killing of mosquitos to stop the disease.
Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.
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.