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After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
Drying your hands with a paper towel will reduce the bacterial count on your hands by 45–60%.
If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.
Hypertension is a silent killer because it is deadly and has no significant early symptoms. The danger from hypertension is the extra load on the heart, which can lead to hypertensive heart disease and kidney damage. This occurs without any major symptoms until the high blood pressure becomes extreme. Regular blood pressure checks are an important method of catching hypertension before it can kill you.
This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.