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Drugs are in development that may cure asthma and hay fever once and for all. They target leukotrienes, which are known to cause tightening of the air passages in the lungs and increase mucus productions in nasal passages.
The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria on it than a toilet.
Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.
For pediatric patients, intravenous fluids are the most commonly cited products involved in medication errors that are reported to the USP.
Bisphosphonates were first developed in the nineteenth century. They were first investigated for use in disorders of bone metabolism in the 1960s. They are now used clinically for the treatment of osteoporosis, Paget's disease, bone metastasis, multiple myeloma, and other conditions that feature bone fragility.