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Anesthesia awareness is a potentially disturbing adverse effect wherein patients who have been paralyzed with muscle relaxants may awaken. They may be aware of their surroundings but unable to communicate or move. Neurologic monitoring equipment that helps to more closely check the patient's anesthesia stages is now available to avoid the occurrence of anesthesia awareness.
Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.
Urine turns bright yellow if larger than normal amounts of certain substances are consumed; one of these substances is asparagus.
People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
Fewer than 10% of babies are born on their exact due dates, 50% are born within 1 week of the due date, and 90% are born within 2 weeks of the date.