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After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
Dogs have been used in studies to detect various cancers in human subjects. They have been trained to sniff breath samples from humans that were collected by having them breathe into special tubes. These people included 55 lung cancer patients, 31 breast cancer patients, and 83 cancer-free patients. The dogs detected 54 of the 55 lung cancer patients as having cancer, detected 28 of the 31 breast cancer patients, and gave only three false-positive results (detecting cancer in people who didn't have it).
For pediatric patients, intravenous fluids are the most commonly cited products involved in medication errors that are reported to the USP.
The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria on it than a toilet.
Recent studies have shown that the number of medication errors increases in relation to the number of orders that are verified per pharmacist, per work shift.