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The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Risperdal, an adult antipsychotic drug, for the symptomatic treatment of irritability in children and adolescents with autism. The approval is the first for the use of a drug to treat behaviors associated with autism in children. These behaviors are included under the general heading of irritability and include aggression, deliberate self-injury, and temper tantrums.
Medication errors are three times higher among children and infants than with adults.