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A seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to reduce the chances you will get seasonal influenza and spread it to others.
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.
All adults should have their cholesterol levels checked once every 5 years. During 2009–2010, 69.4% of Americans age 20 and older reported having their cholesterol checked within the last five years.
If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.
Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.