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Chronic marijuana use can damage the white blood cells and reduce the immune system's ability to respond to disease by as much as 40%. Without a strong immune system, the body is vulnerable to all kinds of degenerative and infectious diseases.
Medication errors are three times higher among children and infants than with adults.
After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
Asthma-like symptoms were first recorded about 3,500 years ago in Egypt. The first manuscript specifically written about asthma was in the year 1190, describing a condition characterized by sudden breathlessness. The treatments listed in this manuscript include chicken soup, herbs, and sexual abstinence.
Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.