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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.
There are over 65,000 known species of protozoa. About 10,000 species are parasitic.
Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.
In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
Serum cholesterol testing in adults is recommended every 1 to 5 years. People with diabetes and a family history of high cholesterol should be tested even more frequently.