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.
21
Coughing can cause air to move through your windpipe faster than the speed of sound - over a thousand feet per second!
197
22
On average, women have always lived longer than men.
195
23
Our Right Lungs takes more air than our left lung.
194
24
The brain can stay alive for 4 to 6 minutes without oxygen. After that cells begin die.
193
25
Staying awake for 17 hours is the same for your body as drinking 2 glasses of wine.
193
26
Dogs can be trained to identify the scent of lung cancer long before symptoms develop.
190
27
According to one report, it would take 800 marijuana joints to kill a person - but the cause of death would be carbon monoxide poisoning.
176
28
Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.
173
29
Smokers get ten times more wrinkles than non-smokers.
171
30
It's possible to die from a broken heart; it's called Stress Cardiomyopathy.
165
31
It is almost impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. It is a defense mechanism that has evolved to protect our eyes from bacteria and debris.
164
32
Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn't digest itself.
160
33
Dieters who sleep more take off more fat that those who sleep less.
159
34
A person can live without food for about a month, but only about a week without water.
156
35
When your face blushes, the lining of your stomach turns red, too.
154
36
Quick naps not only improve your alertness, but they also help in decision making, creativity and sensory perception.
149
37
Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
148
38
The human body contains over a billion miles of DNA.
147
39
Cigarette smoke contains 4,800 chemicals, 69 of which cause cancer.
145
40
If you are cold you are more likely to be hungry because you use energy to keep warm.
143