Friday, April 15, 2011

How Interesting!!! (part 4)

1) hypertension (aka high blood pressure) is the second leading cause of kidney failure
2) smoking is the number one cause of preventable death and disease among women
3) the act of swallowing requires 6 cranial nerves plus 25 facial and oral muscles
4) testicular cancer is one of the most curable forms of cancer
5) breast milk is considered living tissue because it contains almost as many live cells as blood

...who knew!

1 comment:

  1. Wow! Did we learn all of this in nursing school because I missed most of it!

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