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Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.
Approximately one in three babies in the United States is now delivered by cesarean section. The number of cesarean sections in the United States has risen 46% since 1996.
Though newer “smart” infusion pumps are increasingly becoming more sophisticated, they cannot prevent all programming and administration errors. Health care professionals that use smart infusion pumps must still practice the rights of medication administration and have other professionals double-check all high-risk infusions.
People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.