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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
Chronic necrotizing aspergillosis has a slowly progressive process that, unlike invasive aspergillosis, does not spread to other organ systems or the blood vessels. It most often affects middle-aged and elderly individuals, spreading to surrounding tissue in the lungs. The disease often does not respond to conventionally successful treatments, and requires individualized therapies in order to keep it from becoming life-threatening.
In 2010, opiate painkllers, such as morphine, OxyContin®, and Vicodin®, were tied to almost 60% of drug overdose deaths.
A seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to reduce the chances you will get seasonal influenza and spread it to others.