More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
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Malaria mortality rates are falling. Increased malaria prevention and control measures have greatly improved these rates. Since 2000, malaria mortality rates have fallen globally by 60% among all age groups, and by 65% among children under age 5.
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The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
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In 1835 it was discovered that a disease of silkworms known as muscardine could be transferred from one silkworm to another, and was caused by a fungus.
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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.