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Thyroid conditions cause a higher risk of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released reports detailing the deaths of infants (younger than 1 year of age) who died after being given cold and cough medications. This underscores the importance of educating parents that children younger than 2 years of age should never be given over-the-counter cold and cough medications without consulting their physicians.
According to the FDA, adverse drug events harmed or killed approximately 1,200,000 people in the United States in the year 2015.
Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.