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There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.
The heart is located in the center of the chest, with part of it tipped slightly so that it taps against the left side of the chest.
Multiple experimental evidences have confirmed that at the molecular level, cancer is caused by lesions in cellular DNA.
As many as 28% of hospitalized patients requiring mechanical ventilators to help them breathe (for more than 48 hours) will develop ventilator-associated pneumonia. Current therapy involves intravenous antibiotics, but new antibiotics that can be inhaled (and more directly treat the infection) are being developed.
The U.S. Pharmacopeia Medication Errors Reporting Program states that approximately 50% of all medication errors involve insulin.