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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.
Parkinson's disease is both chronic and progressive. This means that it persists over a long period of time and that its symptoms grow worse over time.
A strange skin disease referred to as Morgellons has occurred in the southern United States and in California. Symptoms include slowly healing sores, joint pain, persistent fatigue, and a sensation of things crawling through the skin. Another symptom is strange-looking, threadlike extrusions coming out of the skin.
Medication errors are three times higher among children and infants than with adults.