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In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
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.
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.
Although the Roman numeral for the number 4 has always been taught to have been "IV," according to historians, the ancient Romans probably used "IIII" most of the time. This is partially backed up by the fact that early grandfather clocks displayed IIII for the number 4 instead of IV. Early clockmakers apparently thought that the IIII balanced out the VIII (used for the number 8) on the clock face and that it just looked better.
Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.