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Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.
A seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to reduce the chances you will get seasonal influenza and spread it to others.
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.
More than 20 million Americans cite use of marijuana within the past 30 days, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). More than 8 million admit to using it almost every day.
The most destructive flu epidemic of all times in recorded history occurred in 1918, with approximately 20 million deaths worldwide.