The heart is located in the center of the chest, with part of it tipped slightly so that it taps against the left side of the chest.
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Patients who cannot swallow may receive nutrition via a parenteral route—usually, a catheter is inserted through the chest into a large vein going into the heart.
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Most women experience menopause in their 50s. However, in 1994, an Italian woman gave birth to a baby boy when she was 61 years old.
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In inpatient settings, adverse drug events account for an estimated one in three of all hospital adverse events. They affect approximately 2 million hospital stays every year, and prolong hospital stays by between one and five days.
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More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
