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Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.
It is difficult to obtain enough calcium without consuming milk or other dairy foods.
Computer programs are available that crosscheck a new drug's possible trade name with all other trade names currently available. These programs detect dangerous similarities between names and alert the manufacturer of the drug.
More than one-third of adult Americans are obese. Diseases that kill the largest number of people annually, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, and hypertension, can be attributed to diet.
In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.