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Drying your hands with a paper towel will reduce the bacterial count on your hands by 45–60%.
There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
Serum cholesterol testing in adults is recommended every 1 to 5 years. People with diabetes and a family history of high cholesterol should be tested even more frequently.
The most dangerous mercury compound, dimethyl mercury, is so toxic that even a few microliters spilled on the skin can cause death. Mercury has been shown to accumulate in higher amounts in the following types of fish than other types: swordfish, shark, mackerel, tilefish, crab, and tuna.