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Urine turns bright yellow if larger than normal amounts of certain substances are consumed; one of these substances is asparagus.
Asthma-like symptoms were first recorded about 3,500 years ago in Egypt. The first manuscript specifically written about asthma was in the year 1190, describing a condition characterized by sudden breathlessness. The treatments listed in this manuscript include chicken soup, herbs, and sexual abstinence.
The newest statin drug, rosuvastatin, has been called a superstatin because it appears to reduce LDL cholesterol to a greater degree than the other approved statin drugs.
Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.
According to the FDA, adverse drug events harmed or killed approximately 1,200,000 people in the United States in the year 2015.