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The human body's pharmacokinetics are quite varied. Our hair holds onto drugs longer than our urine, blood, or saliva. For example, alcohol can be detected in the hair for up to 90 days after it was consumed. The same is true for marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy, heroin, methamphetamine, and nicotine.
Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.
The heart is located in the center of the chest, with part of it tipped slightly so that it taps against the left side of the chest.
The average human gut is home to perhaps 500 to 1,000 different species of bacteria.
The types of cancer that alpha interferons are used to treat include hairy cell leukemia, melanoma, follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma.