People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
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The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
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The average person is easily confused by the terms pharmaceutics and pharmacology, thinking they are one and the same. Whereas pharmaceutics is the science of preparing and dispensing drugs (otherwise known as the science of pharmacy), pharmacology is the study of medications.
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Human neurons are so small that they require a microscope in order to be seen. However, some neurons can be up to 3 feet long, such as those that extend from the spinal cord to the toes.
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Cucumber slices relieve headaches by tightening blood vessels, reducing blood flow to the area, and relieving pressure.
“Mission Accomplished” proclaimed the banner on the USS Abraham Lincoln, where on May 1, 2003, Presi
Base excision repair (BER) accomplished by uracil DNA glycosylase