The top five reasons that children stay home from school are as follows: colds, stomach flu (gastroenteritis), ear infection (otitis media), pink eye (conjunctivitis), and sore throat.
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Patients who cannot swallow may receive nutrition via a parenteral route—usually, a catheter is inserted through the chest into a large vein going into the heart.
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More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
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If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
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In 2012, nearly 24 milliion Americans, aged 12 and older, had abused an illicit drug, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
Field experiment on effects of predation on male guppy colouration
Male tule elk
Surface magnetic field of SU Aur (a young star of T Tauri type), reconstructed by means of Zeeman-Do