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Approximately one in four people diagnosed with diabetes will develop foot problems. Of these, about one-third will require lower extremity amputation.
Prostaglandins were first isolated from human semen in Sweden in the 1930s. They were so named because the researcher thought that they came from the prostate gland. In fact, prostaglandins exist and are synthesized in almost every cell of the body.
A seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to reduce the chances you will get seasonal influenza and spread it to others.
The Babylonians wrote numbers in a system that used 60 as the base value rather than the number 10. They did not have a symbol for "zero."
Long-term mental and physical effects from substance abuse include: paranoia, psychosis, immune deficiencies, and organ damage.