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Urine turns bright yellow if larger than normal amounts of certain substances are consumed; one of these substances is asparagus.
The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve small pieces of metal such as razor blades or staples.
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.
On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.