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In most climates, 8 to 10 glasses of water per day is recommended for adults. The best indicator for adequate fluid intake is frequent, clear urination.
If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.
Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
Once thought to have neurofibromatosis, Joseph Merrick (also known as "the elephant man") is now, in retrospect, thought by clinical experts to have had Proteus syndrome. This endocrine disease causes continued and abnormal growth of the bones, muscles, skin, and so on and can become completely debilitating with severe deformities occurring anywhere on the body.
For pediatric patients, intravenous fluids are the most commonly cited products involved in medication errors that are reported to the USP.