In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
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Children of people with alcoholism are more inclined to drink alcohol or use hard drugs. In fact, they are 400 times more likely to use hard drugs than those who do not have a family history of alcohol addiction.
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Recent studies have shown that the number of medication errors increases in relation to the number of orders that are verified per pharmacist, per work shift.
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According to the CDC, approximately 31.7% of the U.S. population has high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or "bad cholesterol" levels.
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In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
Competition in a forest can be as intense as competition on a coral reef. However, much of the compe