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Lower drug doses for elderly patients should be used first, with titrations of the dose as tolerated to prevent unwanted drug-related pharmacodynamic effects.
Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve small pieces of metal such as razor blades or staples.
After a vasectomy, it takes about 12 ejaculations to clear out sperm that were already beyond the blocked area.
It is difficult to obtain enough calcium without consuming milk or other dairy foods.
When Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer, he called "zero degrees" the lowest temperature he was able to attain with a mixture of ice and salt. For the upper point of his scale, he used 96°, which he measured as normal human body temperature (we know it to be 98.6° today because of more accurate thermometers).