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In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system destroys its own healthy tissues. When this occurs, white blood cells cannot distinguish between pathogens and normal cells.
A recent study has found that following a diet rich in berries may slow down the aging process of the brain. This diet apparently helps to keep dopamine levels much higher than are seen in normal individuals who do not eat berries as a regular part of their diet as they enter their later years.
More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.