The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.
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No drugs are available to relieve parathyroid disease. Parathyroid disease is caused by a parathyroid tumor, and it needs to be removed by surgery.
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More than one-third of adult Americans are obese. Diseases that kill the largest number of people annually, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, and hypertension, can be attributed to diet.
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The immune system needs 9.5 hours of sleep in total darkness to recharge completely.
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Critical care patients are twice as likely to receive the wrong medication. Of these errors, 20% are life-threatening, and 42% require additional life-sustaining treatments.
A true albino squirrel. Note the pink eyes.
Crustacea: Cancer pagurus
Examples of Late Effects of Surgery Among Adult Cancer Survivors