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Many people have small pouches in their colons that bulge outward through weak spots. Each pouch is called a diverticulum. About 10% of Americans older than age 40 years have diverticulosis, which, when the pouches become infected or inflamed, is called diverticulitis. The main cause of diverticular disease is a low-fiber diet.
Malaria was not eliminated in the United States until 1951. The term eliminated means that no new cases arise in a country for 3 years.
Everyone has one nostril that is larger than the other.
In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
More than nineteen million Americans carry the factor V gene that causes blood clots, pulmonary embolism, and heart disease.