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More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.
Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.
The liver is the only organ that has the ability to regenerate itself after certain types of damage. As much as 25% of the liver can be removed, and it will still regenerate back to its original shape and size. However, the liver cannot regenerate after severe damage caused by alcohol.
The most destructive flu epidemic of all times in recorded history occurred in 1918, with approximately 20 million deaths worldwide.