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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.
Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
A recent study has found that following a diet rich in berries may slow down the aging process of the brain. This diet apparently helps to keep dopamine levels much higher than are seen in normal individuals who do not eat berries as a regular part of their diet as they enter their later years.
There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
About one in five American adults and teenagers have had a genital herpes infection—and most of them don't know it. People with genital herpes have at least twice the risk of becoming infected with HIV if exposed to it than those people who do not have genital herpes.