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Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
For pediatric patients, intravenous fluids are the most commonly cited products involved in medication errors that are reported to the USP.
After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
Amoebae are the simplest type of protozoans, and are characterized by a feeding and dividing trophozoite stage that moves by temporary extensions called pseudopodia or false feet.
Cocaine was isolated in 1860 and first used as a local anesthetic in 1884. Its first clinical use was by Sigmund Freud to wean a patient from morphine addiction. The fictional character Sherlock Holmes was supposed to be addicted to cocaine by injection.