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.
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Fungal nail infections account for up to 30% of all skin infections. They affect 5% of the general population—mostly people over the age of 70.
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Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.
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Approximately 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.
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About 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.
Vertebral compression Fractures of the spine (vertebra) can cause severe ”band-like” pain that radia
