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As of mid-2016, 18.2 million people were receiving advanced retroviral therapy (ART) worldwide. This represents between 43–50% of the 34–39.8 million people living with HIV.
The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
Asthma-like symptoms were first recorded about 3,500 years ago in Egypt. The first manuscript specifically written about asthma was in the year 1190, describing a condition characterized by sudden breathlessness. The treatments listed in this manuscript include chicken soup, herbs, and sexual abstinence.
More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
Pubic lice (crabs) are usually spread through sexual contact. You cannot catch them by using a public toilet.