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Chronic necrotizing aspergillosis has a slowly progressive process that, unlike invasive aspergillosis, does not spread to other organ systems or the blood vessels. It most often affects middle-aged and elderly individuals, spreading to surrounding tissue in the lungs. The disease often does not respond to conventionally successful treatments, and requires individualized therapies in order to keep it from becoming life-threatening.
Bacteria have flourished on the earth for over three billion years. They were the first life forms on the planet.
Women are two-thirds more likely than men to develop irritable bowel syndrome. This may be attributable to hormonal changes related to their menstrual cycles.
There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
The ratio of hydrogen atoms to oxygen in water (H2O) is 2:1.