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Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.
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.
This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
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.
Elderly adults are at greatest risk of stroke and myocardial infarction and have the most to gain from prophylaxis. Patients ages 60 to 80 years with blood pressures above 160/90 mm Hg should benefit from antihypertensive treatment.