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More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
Thyroid conditions cause a higher risk of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.
In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
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.
Nearly all drugs pass into human breast milk. How often a drug is taken influences the amount of drug that will pass into the milk. Medications taken 30 to 60 minutes before breastfeeding are likely to be at peak blood levels when the baby is nursing.