Health Facts

    Random Health Facts

    There are 273 Health Facts!

    On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
    57
    In one day, adult lungs move about 10,000 litres of air.
    11
    All humans have the ability to see ultraviolet light, but it is passively filtered out by the eye's lens. People who undergo surgery to remove the lens can detect ultraviolet light.
    21
    Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.
    Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.
    26
    Salt Mine Hospital
    Salt Mine Hospital
    In Ukraine, there's a thousand-foot-deep salt mine that is used to treat respiratory ailments. Inside, there is substantially less bacteria in the air than in the most sterile room in a hospital.
    30
    It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it.
    127
    The record for the longest scientifically documented period without sleep is 264.4 hours (eleven days).
    15
    Every hour one billion cells in the body must be replaced.
    17