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More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
Chronic marijuana use can damage the white blood cells and reduce the immune system's ability to respond to disease by as much as 40%. Without a strong immune system, the body is vulnerable to all kinds of degenerative and infectious diseases.
Malaria mortality rates are falling. Increased malaria prevention and control measures have greatly improved these rates. Since 2000, malaria mortality rates have fallen globally by 60% among all age groups, and by 65% among children under age 5.
Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.
Earwax has antimicrobial properties that reduce the viability of bacteria and fungus in the human ear.