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Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
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.
There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.
The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.