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The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria on it than a toilet.
About 80% of major fungal systemic infections are due to Candida albicans. Another form, Candida peritonitis, occurs most often in postoperative patients. A rare disease, Candida meningitis, may follow leukemia, kidney transplant, other immunosuppressed factors, or when suffering from Candida septicemia.
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.
Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.