Person Facts About Health

Poor eyesight (myopia) is associated with higher IQ.

People who drink coffee are less likely to commit suicide than people who don't.

According to Harris Interactive, 70% of men and 57% of women shower daily.

Kissing an infection-free partner is good for your teeth!

Every cigarette smoked cuts at least five minutes of life on average, which is roughly the time it takes to smoke one cigarette.

Men are twice as likely to be binge drinkers than women.

Stress is one of the most common triggers for headaches, primarily because it causes muscle tension in the neck, shoulders, and scalp that can lead to tension-type headaches.

Singing exercises your heart, lungs, and releases endorphins which make you feel good.

Acts of kindness make us happier and healthier.

Deep Breathing gives you health benefits similar to aerobics.

Chocolate, sex, and laughter are all important for a healthy brain.

Those who get out of bed by 7am are more likely to be thinner and happier.

Hospitals across the US have volunteer "baby cuddler" programs where grandparents come in to hold and cuddle premature babies in the NICU when parents can't be there. Skin-to-skin contact helps the babies gain weight faster, sleep better, and leave the hospital sooner. Some hospitals have waitlists of over 500 people wanting to volunteer.

Everyone thinks the McDonalds hot coffee lawsuit was a joke. Stella Liebeck was 79. The coffee was 190 degrees - hot enough to cause third-degree burns in 3 seconds. She needed skin grafts. She only asked for $20,000. McDonalds offered $800.

Rogaine was not invented to grow hair. Upjohn developed minoxidil in the 1950s to treat ulcers - it failed. They pivoted to a blood pressure drug, approved as Loniten in 1979. During those trials, 60-80% of patients grew unexpected hair. A 1980 letter in the New England Journal of Medicine exposed the side effect. Upjohn launched Rogaine in 1988 - the first drug the FDA ever approved to regrow hair.