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Human stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve small pieces of metal such as razor blades or staples.
The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
The average human gut is home to perhaps 500 to 1,000 different species of bacteria.
Most women experience menopause in their 50s. However, in 1994, an Italian woman gave birth to a baby boy when she was 61 years old.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Risperdal, an adult antipsychotic drug, for the symptomatic treatment of irritability in children and adolescents with autism. The approval is the first for the use of a drug to treat behaviors associated with autism in children. These behaviors are included under the general heading of irritability and include aggression, deliberate self-injury, and temper tantrums.