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Approximately 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.
Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.
If you use artificial sweeteners, such as cyclamates, your eyes may be more sensitive to light. Other factors that will make your eyes more sensitive to light include use of antibiotics, oral contraceptives, hypertension medications, diuretics, and antidiabetic medications.
As the western states of America were settled, pioneers often had to drink rancid water from ponds and other sources. This often resulted in chronic diarrhea, causing many cases of dehydration and death that could have been avoided if clean water had been available.
Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.