The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.
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Atropine was named after the Greek goddess Atropos, the oldest and ugliest of the three sisters known as the Fates, who controlled the destiny of men.
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Multiple experimental evidences have confirmed that at the molecular level, cancer is caused by lesions in cellular DNA.
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In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
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Your chance of developing a kidney stone is 1 in 10. In recent years, approximately 3.7 million people in the United States were diagnosed with a kidney disease.
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Adapoids and omomyoids had longer snouts and are the first “true” primates.