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The immune system needs 9.5 hours of sleep in total darkness to recharge completely.
The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.
The average adult has about 21 square feet of skin.
Though newer “smart” infusion pumps are increasingly becoming more sophisticated, they cannot prevent all programming and administration errors. Health care professionals that use smart infusion pumps must still practice the rights of medication administration and have other professionals double-check all high-risk infusions.
Drugs are in development that may cure asthma and hay fever once and for all. They target leukotrienes, which are known to cause tightening of the air passages in the lungs and increase mucus productions in nasal passages.

