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Hippocrates noted that blood separates into four differently colored liquids when removed from the body and examined: a pure red liquid mixed with white liquid material with a yellow-colored froth at the top and a black substance that settles underneath; he named these the four humors (for blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile).
Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.
In 1835 it was discovered that a disease of silkworms known as muscardine could be transferred from one silkworm to another, and was caused by a fungus.
The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.