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Fewer than 10% of babies are born on their exact due dates, 50% are born within 1 week of the due date, and 90% are born within 2 weeks of the date.
The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
Historic treatments for rheumatoid arthritis have included gold salts, acupuncture, a diet consisting of apples or rhubarb, nutmeg, nettles, bee venom, bracelets made of copper, prayer, rest, tooth extractions, fasting, honey, vitamins, insulin, snow collected on Christmas, magnets, and electric convulsion therapy.


