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Everyone has one nostril that is larger than the other.
Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
A serious new warning has been established for pregnant women against taking ACE inhibitors during pregnancy. In the study, the risk of major birth defects in children whose mothers took ACE inhibitors during the first trimester was nearly three times higher than in children whose mothers didn't take ACE inhibitors. Physicians can prescribe alternative medications for pregnant women who have symptoms of high blood pressure.
The Babylonians wrote numbers in a system that used 60 as the base value rather than the number 10. They did not have a symbol for "zero."
There are over 65,000 known species of protozoa. About 10,000 species are parasitic.