The most destructive flu epidemic of all times in recorded history occurred in 1918, with approximately 20 million deaths worldwide.
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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.
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There are 20 feet of blood vessels in each square inch of human skin.
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People with alcoholism are at a much greater risk of malnutrition than are other people and usually exhibit low levels of most vitamins (especially folic acid). This is because alcohol often takes the place of 50% of their daily intake of calories, with little nutritional value contained in it.
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The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.
