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Alcohol acts as a diuretic. Eight ounces of water is needed to metabolize just 1 ounce of alcohol.
More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
Historic treatments for rheumatoid arthritis have included gold salts, acupuncture, a diet consisting of apples or rhubarb, nutmeg, nettles, bee venom, bracelets made of copper, prayer, rest, tooth extractions, fasting, honey, vitamins, insulin, snow collected on Christmas, magnets, and electric convulsion therapy.
The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.