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Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.
The B-complex vitamins and vitamin C are not stored in the body and must be replaced each day.
There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
Over time, chronic hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infections can progress to advanced liver disease, liver failure, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Unlike other forms, more than 80% of hepatitis C infections become chronic and lead to liver disease. When combined with hepatitis B, hepatitis C now accounts for 75% percent of all cases of liver disease around the world. Liver failure caused by hepatitis C is now leading cause of liver transplants in the United States.