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Certain topical medications such as clotrimazole and betamethasone are not approved for use in children younger than 12 years of age. They must be used very cautiously, as directed by a doctor, to treat any child. Children have a much greater response to topical steroid medications.
Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
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.
Urine turns bright yellow if larger than normal amounts of certain substances are consumed; one of these substances is asparagus.
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.