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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.
More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.
The B-complex vitamins and vitamin C are not stored in the body and must be replaced each day.
In 1885, the Lloyd Manufacturing Company of Albany, New York, promoted and sold "Cocaine Toothache Drops" at 15 cents per bottle! In 1914, the Harrison Narcotic Act brought the sale and distribution of this drug under federal control.
Urine turns bright yellow if larger than normal amounts of certain substances are consumed; one of these substances is asparagus.