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Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.
A seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to reduce the chances you will get seasonal influenza and spread it to others.
The first war in which wide-scale use of anesthetics occurred was the Civil War, and 80% of all wounds were in the extremities.
More than one-third of adult Americans are obese. Diseases that kill the largest number of people annually, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, and hypertension, can be attributed to diet.
Only 12 hours after an egg cell is fertilized by a sperm cell, the egg cell starts to divide. As it continues to divide, it moves along the fallopian tube toward the uterus at about 1 inch per day.