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There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in every adult human.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Risperdal, an adult antipsychotic drug, for the symptomatic treatment of irritability in children and adolescents with autism. The approval is the first for the use of a drug to treat behaviors associated with autism in children. These behaviors are included under the general heading of irritability and include aggression, deliberate self-injury, and temper tantrums.
After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
Fungal nail infections account for up to 30% of all skin infections. They affect 5% of the general population—mostly people over the age of 70.