Serum cholesterol testing in adults is recommended every 1 to 5 years. People with diabetes and a family history of high cholesterol should be tested even more frequently.
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People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
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In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
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Sperm cells are so tiny that 400 to 500 million (400,000,000–500,000,000) of them fit onto 1 tsp.
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Asthma is the most common chronic childhood disease in the world. Most children who develop asthma have symptoms before they are 5 years old.
African leopard (Panthera pardus pardus)
Skin of an African (left) and Asian (right) elephant.
Difference between Asian (left) and African (right) elephant ears.