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Multiple sclerosis is a condition wherein the body's nervous system is weakened by an autoimmune reaction that attacks the myelin sheaths of neurons.
About 80% of major fungal systemic infections are due to Candida albicans. Another form, Candida peritonitis, occurs most often in postoperative patients. A rare disease, Candida meningitis, may follow leukemia, kidney transplant, other immunosuppressed factors, or when suffering from Candida septicemia.
There are approximately 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year.
Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.
People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.

