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The first war in which wide-scale use of anesthetics occurred was the Civil War, and 80% of all wounds were in the extremities.
This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released reports detailing the deaths of infants (younger than 1 year of age) who died after being given cold and cough medications. This underscores the importance of educating parents that children younger than 2 years of age should never be given over-the-counter cold and cough medications without consulting their physicians.
The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.