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More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
GI conditions that will keep you out of the U.S. armed services include ulcers, varices, fistulas, esophagitis, gastritis, congenital abnormalities, inflammatory bowel disease, enteritis, colitis, proctitis, duodenal diverticula, malabsorption syndromes, hepatitis, cirrhosis, cysts, abscesses, pancreatitis, polyps, certain hemorrhoids, splenomegaly, hernias, recent abdominal surgery, GI bypass or stomach stapling, and artificial GI openings.
The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.