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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People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
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There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in every adult human.
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Lower drug doses for elderly patients should be used first, with titrations of the dose as tolerated to prevent unwanted drug-related pharmacodynamic effects.
Structure of the enzyme chymotrypsin, a globular protein
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The basic structure of the IL-2 receptor.
Structure of HIV.
Structure and function of complex I (NADH–coenzyme Q reductase)