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The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
More than nineteen million Americans carry the factor V gene that causes blood clots, pulmonary embolism, and heart disease.
Once thought to have neurofibromatosis, Joseph Merrick (also known as "the elephant man") is now, in retrospect, thought by clinical experts to have had Proteus syndrome. This endocrine disease causes continued and abnormal growth of the bones, muscles, skin, and so on and can become completely debilitating with severe deformities occurring anywhere on the body.
By definition, when a medication is administered intravenously, its bioavailability is 100%.
Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve small pieces of metal such as razor blades or staples.