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Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion every year.
Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.
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.