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The immune system needs 9.5 hours of sleep in total darkness to recharge completely.
Less than one of every three adults with high LDL cholesterol has the condition under control. Only 48.1% with the condition are being treated for it.
Medication errors are three times higher among children and infants than with adults.
Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
Your skin wrinkles if you stay in the bathtub a long time because the outermost layer of skin (which consists of dead keratin) swells when it absorbs water. It is tightly attached to the skin below it, so it compensates for the increased area by wrinkling. This happens to the hands and feet because they have the thickest layer of dead keratin cells.