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People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
Your skin wrinkles if you stay in the bathtub a long time because the outermost layer of skin (which consists of dead keratin) swells when it absorbs water. It is tightly attached to the skin below it, so it compensates for the increased area by wrinkling. This happens to the hands and feet because they have the thickest layer of dead keratin cells.
Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.
After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
About 3.2 billion people, nearly half the world population, are at risk for malaria. In 2015, there are about 214 million malaria cases and an estimated 438,000 malaria deaths.