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Signs of depression include feeling sad most of the time for 2 weeks or longer; loss of interest in things normally enjoyed; lack of energy; sleep and appetite disturbances; weight changes; feelings of hopelessness, helplessness, or worthlessness; an inability to make decisions; and thoughts of death and suicide.
Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.
If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.
Drugs are in development that may cure asthma and hay fever once and for all. They target leukotrienes, which are known to cause tightening of the air passages in the lungs and increase mucus productions in nasal passages.