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After a vasectomy, it takes about 12 ejaculations to clear out sperm that were already beyond the blocked area.
The most common treatment options for addiction include psychotherapy, support groups, and individual counseling.
The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
When Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer, he called "zero degrees" the lowest temperature he was able to attain with a mixture of ice and salt. For the upper point of his scale, he used 96°, which he measured as normal human body temperature (we know it to be 98.6° today because of more accurate thermometers).
The newest statin drug, rosuvastatin, has been called a superstatin because it appears to reduce LDL cholesterol to a greater degree than the other approved statin drugs.