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When Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer, he called "zero degrees" the lowest temperature he was able to attain with a mixture of ice and salt. For the upper point of his scale, he used 96°, which he measured as normal human body temperature (we know it to be 98.6° today because of more accurate thermometers).
All patients with hyperparathyroidism will develop osteoporosis. The parathyroid glands maintain blood calcium within the normal range. All patients with this disease will continue to lose calcium from their bones every day, and there is no way to prevent the development of osteoporosis as a result.
Thyroid conditions cause a higher risk of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.
There are 20 feet of blood vessels in each square inch of human skin.
For pediatric patients, intravenous fluids are the most commonly cited products involved in medication errors that are reported to the USP.