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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Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
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Asthma occurs in one in 11 children and in one in 12 adults. African Americans and Latinos have a higher risk for developing asthma than other groups.
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As of mid-2016, 18.2 million people were receiving advanced retroviral therapy (ART) worldwide. This represents between 43–50% of the 34–39.8 million people living with HIV.
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Thyroid conditions may make getting pregnant impossible.
The major skeletal muscles—anterior superficial view.
The Major Divisions of the Visual Cortex of the Rhesus Monkey
Women who reported one, two, or three or more major life events in the past 5 years were ...
Summary of major brain structures.
Transcription and processing of the major ribosomal RNAs in eukaryotes