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Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
In 1886, William Bates reported on the discovery of a substance produced by the adrenal gland that turned out to be epinephrine (adrenaline). In 1904, this drug was first artificially synthesized by Friedrich Stolz.
Prostaglandins were first isolated from human semen in Sweden in the 1930s. They were so named because the researcher thought that they came from the prostate gland. In fact, prostaglandins exist and are synthesized in almost every cell of the body.
More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
Urine turns bright yellow if larger than normal amounts of certain substances are consumed; one of these substances is asparagus.