Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
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More than one-third of adult Americans are obese. Diseases that kill the largest number of people annually, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, and hypertension, can be attributed to diet.
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The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
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The first oral chemotherapy drug for colon cancer was approved by FDA in 2001.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was originally known as the Communicable Disease Center, which was formed to fight malaria. It was originally headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, since the Southern states faced the worst threat from malaria.