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Eat fiber! A diet high in fiber can help lower cholesterol levels by as much as 10%.
Chronic marijuana use can damage the white blood cells and reduce the immune system's ability to respond to disease by as much as 40%. Without a strong immune system, the body is vulnerable to all kinds of degenerative and infectious diseases.
According to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, lung disease is the third leading killer in the United States, responsible for one in seven deaths. It is the leading cause of death among infants under the age of one year.
The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
Malaria was not eliminated in the United States until 1951. The term eliminated means that no new cases arise in a country for 3 years.