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Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve small pieces of metal such as razor blades or staples.
Children with strabismus (crossed eyes) can be treated. They are not able to outgrow this condition on their own, but with help, it can be more easily corrected at a younger age. It is important for infants to have eye examinations as early as possible in their development and then another at age 2 years.
The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
Hippocrates noted that blood separates into four differently colored liquids when removed from the body and examined: a pure red liquid mixed with white liquid material with a yellow-colored froth at the top and a black substance that settles underneath; he named these the four humors (for blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile).