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More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
In 2010, opiate painkllers, such as morphine, OxyContin®, and Vicodin®, were tied to almost 60% of drug overdose deaths.
Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
Green tea is able to stop the scent of garlic or onion from causing bad breath.
Hypertension is a silent killer because it is deadly and has no significant early symptoms. The danger from hypertension is the extra load on the heart, which can lead to hypertensive heart disease and kidney damage. This occurs without any major symptoms until the high blood pressure becomes extreme. Regular blood pressure checks are an important method of catching hypertension before it can kill you.