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Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
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.
Many of the drugs used by neuroscientists are derived from toxic plants and venomous animals (such as snakes, spiders, snails, and puffer fish).
In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
An identified risk factor for osteoporosis is the intake of excessive amounts of vitamin A. Dietary intake of approximately double the recommended daily amount of vitamin A, by women, has been shown to reduce bone mineral density and increase the chances for hip fractures compared with women who consumed the recommended daily amount (or less) of vitamin A.

