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After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
Women are two-thirds more likely than men to develop irritable bowel syndrome. This may be attributable to hormonal changes related to their menstrual cycles.
People with alcoholism are at a much greater risk of malnutrition than are other people and usually exhibit low levels of most vitamins (especially folic acid). This is because alcohol often takes the place of 50% of their daily intake of calories, with little nutritional value contained in it.
The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.

