Health Facts

    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.

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    Falling in love raises levels of nerve growth in a person's brain for about a year and can improve their memory.
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    Stress and Reading
    Stress and Reading
    Researchers have found that reading reduces stress by 68%, more than listening to music or taking a walk.
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    Each nostril of a human being register smell in a different way. Smells that are made from the right nostril are more pleasant than the left.
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    India used to be the richest country in the world until the British invasion in the early 17th Century.
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    Most lipstick contains fish scales.
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    The aorta, the largest artery in the body, is almost the diameter of a garden hose.
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    The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 ft.
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    20 minutes after smoking a cigarette, blood pressure drops to normal.
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    Chocolate, sex, and laughter are all important for a healthy brain.
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    If you were to roll a lung from a human body and out flat it would be the size of a tennis court.
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    One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet!
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    Pain travels through your body at 350 ft. per second.
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    Laron Syndrome
    Laron Syndrome
    There is a genetic disease called Laron syndrome that results in short stature, longer life expectancy, and near immunity to cancer and diabetes - amongst other things.
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    Hypnic Jerk
    Hypnic Jerk
    When you wake up with a jolt, it's called a Hypnic Jerk. This usually happens during the lightest stages of sleep, and can happen as a natural reaction when you fall asleep in a car or airplane.
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    A woman's sense of smell is most sensitive during ovulation.
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    The lense of the eye continues to grow throughout a person's life.
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    Grossly Obese Man Didn't Eat for over a Year, Lost 125Kg and Survived
    In 1965, a grossly obese Scotsman survived without eating for 1 year and 17 days. He lived entirely off his copious body fat and lost 125kg with no adverse effects.
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    If your stomach didn't produce a new layer of mucous every two weeks, it would digest itself.
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    In older people, memory is best early in the morning and then declines during the late afternoon.
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    People who sleep late have more mental stamina and can outperform early risers.
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