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People often find it difficult to accept the idea that bacteria can be beneficial and improve health. Lactic acid bacteria are good, and when eaten, these bacteria improve health and increase longevity. These bacteria included in foods such as yogurt.
Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.
Studies show that systolic blood pressure can be significantly lowered by taking statins. In fact, the higher the patient's baseline blood pressure, the greater the effect of statins on his or her blood pressure.
There are over 65,000 known species of protozoa. About 10,000 species are parasitic.
The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.