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Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.
The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
Stevens-Johnson syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis syndrome are life-threatening reactions that can result in death. Complications include permanent blindness, dry-eye syndrome, lung damage, photophobia, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, permanent loss of nail beds, scarring of mucous membranes, arthritis, and chronic fatigue syndrome. Many patients' pores scar shut, causing them to retain heat.