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Looking at the sun may not only cause headache and distort your vision temporarily, but it can also cause permanent eye damage. Any exposure to sunlight adds to the cumulative effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation on your eyes. UV exposure has been linked to eye disorders such as macular degeneration, solar retinitis, and corneal dystrophies.
More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
More than nineteen million Americans carry the factor V gene that causes blood clots, pulmonary embolism, and heart disease.
There are approximately 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year.
Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.