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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
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.
Amphetamine poisoning can cause intravascular coagulation, circulatory collapse, rhabdomyolysis, ischemic colitis, acute psychosis, hyperthermia, respiratory distress syndrome, and pericarditis.
Multiple experimental evidences have confirmed that at the molecular level, cancer is caused by lesions in cellular DNA.

