Only one in 10 cancer deaths is caused by the primary tumor. The vast majority of cancer mortality is caused by cells breaking away from the main tumor and metastasizing to other parts of the body, such as the brain, bones, or liver.
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Critical care patients are twice as likely to receive the wrong medication. Of these errors, 20% are life-threatening, and 42% require additional life-sustaining treatments.
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There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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There are more sensory neurons in the tongue than in any other part of the body.
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The average adult has about 21 square feet of skin.
African Pygmy Goose - Female
lymphatic system
Conducting system of the heart.
Pi molecular orbital system of PLP-amino acid Schiff base