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A serious new warning has been established for pregnant women against taking ACE inhibitors during pregnancy. In the study, the risk of major birth defects in children whose mothers took ACE inhibitors during the first trimester was nearly three times higher than in children whose mothers didn't take ACE inhibitors. Physicians can prescribe alternative medications for pregnant women who have symptoms of high blood pressure.
More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
Warfarin was developed as a consequence of the study of a strange bleeding disorder that suddenly occurred in cattle on the northern prairies of the United States in the early 1900s.
Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.
Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.