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Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
Stevens-Johnson syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis syndrome are life-threatening reactions that can result in death. Complications include permanent blindness, dry-eye syndrome, lung damage, photophobia, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, permanent loss of nail beds, scarring of mucous membranes, arthritis, and chronic fatigue syndrome. Many patients' pores scar shut, causing them to retain heat.
It is difficult to obtain enough calcium without consuming milk or other dairy foods.
Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.