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On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
Thyroid conditions cause a higher risk of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.
People with alcoholism are at a much greater risk of malnutrition than are other people and usually exhibit low levels of most vitamins (especially folic acid). This is because alcohol often takes the place of 50% of their daily intake of calories, with little nutritional value contained in it.
No drugs are available to relieve parathyroid disease. Parathyroid disease is caused by a parathyroid tumor, and it needs to be removed by surgery.
Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.