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By definition, when a medication is administered intravenously, its bioavailability is 100%.
More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.
The first-known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used in Egypt in 2000 BC. Condoms were also reportedly used, made of animal bladders or intestines.
Once thought to have neurofibromatosis, Joseph Merrick (also known as "the elephant man") is now, in retrospect, thought by clinical experts to have had Proteus syndrome. This endocrine disease causes continued and abnormal growth of the bones, muscles, skin, and so on and can become completely debilitating with severe deformities occurring anywhere on the body.