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More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
About 600,000 particles of skin are shed every hour by each human. If you live to age 70 years, you have shed 105 pounds of dead skin.
A cataract is a clouding of the eyes' natural lens. As we age, some clouding of the lens may occur. The first sign of a cataract is usually blurry vision. Although glasses and other visual aids may at first help a person with cataracts, surgery may become inevitable. Cataract surgery is very successful in restoring vision, and it is the most frequently performed surgery in the United States.