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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.
Historic treatments for rheumatoid arthritis have included gold salts, acupuncture, a diet consisting of apples or rhubarb, nutmeg, nettles, bee venom, bracelets made of copper, prayer, rest, tooth extractions, fasting, honey, vitamins, insulin, snow collected on Christmas, magnets, and electric convulsion therapy.
Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.