In women, pharmacodynamic differences include increased sensitivity to (and increased effectiveness of) beta-blockers, opioids, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, and typical antipsychotics.
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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.
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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.
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Multiple sclerosis is a condition wherein the body's nervous system is weakened by an autoimmune reaction that attacks the myelin sheaths of neurons.
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Earwax has antimicrobial properties that reduce the viability of bacteria and fungus in the human ear.
The age structure of human populations in West Africa and Western Europe, as of 2000.
