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More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve small pieces of metal such as razor blades or staples.
Drying your hands with a paper towel will reduce the bacterial count on your hands by 45–60%.
The average person is easily confused by the terms pharmaceutics and pharmacology, thinking they are one and the same. Whereas pharmaceutics is the science of preparing and dispensing drugs (otherwise known as the science of pharmacy), pharmacology is the study of medications.
Eating carrots will improve your eyesight. Carrots are high in vitamin A (retinol), which is essential for good vision. It can also be found in milk, cheese, egg yolks, and liver.