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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.
On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
Earwax has antimicrobial properties that reduce the viability of bacteria and fungus in the human ear.
People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
Coca-Cola originally used coca leaves and caffeine from the African kola nut. It was advertised as a therapeutic agent and "pickerupper." Eventually, its formulation was changed, and the coca leaves were removed because of the effects of regulation on cocaine-related products.
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