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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.
Although the Roman numeral for the number 4 has always been taught to have been "IV," according to historians, the ancient Romans probably used "IIII" most of the time. This is partially backed up by the fact that early grandfather clocks displayed IIII for the number 4 instead of IV. Early clockmakers apparently thought that the IIII balanced out the VIII (used for the number 8) on the clock face and that it just looked better.
Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
About 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.
More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.