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Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
A seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to reduce the chances you will get seasonal influenza and spread it to others.
The modern decimal position system was the invention of the Hindus (around 800 AD), involving the placing of numerals to indicate their value (units, tens, hundreds, and so on).
Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
Hippocrates noted that blood separates into four differently colored liquids when removed from the body and examined: a pure red liquid mixed with white liquid material with a yellow-colored froth at the top and a black substance that settles underneath; he named these the four humors (for blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile).