When intravenous medications are involved in adverse drug events, their harmful effects may occur more rapidly, and be more severe than errors with oral medications. This is due to the direct administration into the bloodstream.
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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
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No drugs are available to relieve parathyroid disease. Parathyroid disease is caused by a parathyroid tumor, and it needs to be removed by surgery.
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The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.
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During the twentieth century, a variant of the metric system was used in Russia and France in which the base unit of mass was the tonne. Instead of kilograms, this system used millitonnes (mt).
Feral Chincoteague ponies on Assateague Island, Virginia
The skeleton of a dwarf elephant from the island of Crete. Dwarf elephants were present on some Medi