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Stroke kills people from all ethnic backgrounds, but the people at highest risk for fatal strokes are: black men, black women, Asian men, white men, and white women.
Drying your hands with a paper towel will reduce the bacterial count on your hands by 45–60%.
Blood in the urine can be a sign of a kidney stone, glomerulonephritis, or other kidney problems.
Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
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.