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Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
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.
When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
Approximately 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.
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.