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More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
It is important to read food labels and choose foods with low cholesterol and saturated trans fat. You should limit saturated fat to no higher than 6% of daily calories.
Anesthesia awareness is a potentially disturbing adverse effect wherein patients who have been paralyzed with muscle relaxants may awaken. They may be aware of their surroundings but unable to communicate or move. Neurologic monitoring equipment that helps to more closely check the patient's anesthesia stages is now available to avoid the occurrence of anesthesia awareness.
Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
Approximately 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.