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Approximately 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.
Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
Certain rare plants containing cyanide include apricot pits and a type of potato called cassava. Fortunately, only chronic or massive ingestion of any of these plants can lead to serious poisoning.
People with alcoholism are at a much greater risk of malnutrition than are other people and usually exhibit low levels of most vitamins (especially folic acid). This is because alcohol often takes the place of 50% of their daily intake of calories, with little nutritional value contained in it.
Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.