Health Facts
Regularly updated list of health and body facts. Learn things about your body and health that you didn't know. Featuring a range of topics, including the human body, medical science, and psychology.
When you get goosebumps and your hair stands, the hair helps to trap air, making you feel warmer by keeping in your body heat.
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Vicks inhalers can cause you to test positive for Meth on drug tests.
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An average heart beats 100,000 times a day, pumping some 2,000 gallons of blood through its chambers. Over a 70-year life span, that adds up to more than 2.5 billion heartbeats.
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It has been said that over 350 million people suffer from Facebook Addiction Disorder.
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Dogs can be trained to identify the scent of lung cancer long before symptoms develop.
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Kissing an infection-free partner is good for your teeth!
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Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
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Chewing gum boosts your brain power.
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Quick naps not only improve your alertness, but they also help in decision making, creativity and sensory perception.
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Enamel is hardest substance in the human body.
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The human brain doesn't stop developing until about 25 years old.
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Redheads require up to 20% more anesthesia to be knocked out.
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If you are cold you are more likely to be hungry because you use energy to keep warm.
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Women have about four times as many foot problems as men; lifelong patterns of wearing high heels often are the culprit.
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There are times when you're walking that the pressure on your feet exceeds your body weight, and when you're running, it can be three or four times your weight.
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Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.
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It's possible to die from a broken heart; it's called Stress Cardiomyopathy.
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Your thumb is about the same size as your nose.
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Poor eyesight (myopia) is associated with higher IQ.
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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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