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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
Stroke kills people from all ethnic backgrounds, but the people at highest risk for fatal strokes are: black men, black women, Asian men, white men, and white women.
Historic treatments for rheumatoid arthritis have included gold salts, acupuncture, a diet consisting of apples or rhubarb, nutmeg, nettles, bee venom, bracelets made of copper, prayer, rest, tooth extractions, fasting, honey, vitamins, insulin, snow collected on Christmas, magnets, and electric convulsion therapy.
In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.