People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
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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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Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
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Asthma is the most common chronic childhood disease in the world. Most children who develop asthma have symptoms before they are 5 years old.
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Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
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Blood flow through the heart.
Control of blood glucose level.
Velocity of Blood Flow
Lobes and Fissures of the Lungs
In amphibians, lizards, snakes, and turtles, the heart has three chambers: two atria and one ventric