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Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.
Never take aspirin without food because it is likely to irritate your stomach. Never give aspirin to children under age 12. Overdoses of aspirin have the potential to cause deafness.
Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
Always store hazardous household chemicals in their original containers out of reach of children. These include bleach, paint, strippers and products containing turpentine, garden chemicals, oven cleaners, fondue fuels, nail polish, and nail polish remover.