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There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
Illness; diuretics; laxative abuse; hot weather; exercise; sweating; caffeine; alcoholic beverages; starvation diets; inadequate carbohydrate consumption; and diets high in protein, salt, or fiber can cause people to become dehydrated.
Though newer “smart” infusion pumps are increasingly becoming more sophisticated, they cannot prevent all programming and administration errors. Health care professionals that use smart infusion pumps must still practice the rights of medication administration and have other professionals double-check all high-risk infusions.
There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in every adult human.
Malaria was not eliminated in the United States until 1951. The term eliminated means that no new cases arise in a country for 3 years.