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For pediatric patients, intravenous fluids are the most commonly cited products involved in medication errors that are reported to the USP.
Your skin wrinkles if you stay in the bathtub a long time because the outermost layer of skin (which consists of dead keratin) swells when it absorbs water. It is tightly attached to the skin below it, so it compensates for the increased area by wrinkling. This happens to the hands and feet because they have the thickest layer of dead keratin cells.
The ratio of hydrogen atoms to oxygen in water (H2O) is 2:1.
Nitroglycerin is used to alleviate various heart-related conditions, and it is also the chief component of dynamite (but mixed in a solid clay base to stabilize it).
Eat fiber! A diet high in fiber can help lower cholesterol levels by as much as 10%.