Taking clarithromycin concurrently with certain statins (a class of drugs used to reduce blood serum cholesterol levels), increases the risk of side effects, such as muscle aches and muscle break down (rhabdomyolysis).
For more than a century, California grew quickly nearly every year, earning a reputation as one of America's most desirable places to live. From 1900 to 2004, the average annual population growth in the state was about 3 percent, more than double the national average. Only three times during that 100-year period did California's population fail to grow by at least 1 percent. That has changed. Last year marked the 11th in a row in which California's population grew by less than 1 percent, according to a Sacramento Bee review of data from the state Department of Finance.
Houston Population Growth. Houston's booming population growth has made it one of the fastest growing regions in the United States. From 2011 to 2012, Houston gained more than 34,000 people, which was the second largest numeric increase for a city in the country.