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Thyroid conditions may make getting pregnant impossible.
After 5 years of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, one every three patients will no longer be able to work.
Asthma occurs in one in 11 children and in one in 12 adults. African Americans and Latinos have a higher risk for developing asthma than other groups.
There are approximately 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year.
The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates's recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.