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Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
Hip fractures are the most serious consequences of osteoporosis. The incidence of hip fractures increases with each decade among patients in their 60s to patients in their 90s for both women and men of all populations. Men and women older than 80 years of age show the highest incidence of hip fractures.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA was discovered in 1961 in the United Kingdom. It if often referred to as a superbug. MRSA infections cause more deaths in the United States every year than AIDS.
The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
Medication errors are three times higher among children and infants than with adults.