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The Food and Drug Administration has approved Risperdal, an adult antipsychotic drug, for the symptomatic treatment of irritability in children and adolescents with autism. The approval is the first for the use of a drug to treat behaviors associated with autism in children. These behaviors are included under the general heading of irritability and include aggression, deliberate self-injury, and temper tantrums.
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Despite claims by manufacturers, the supplement known as Ginkgo biloba was shown in a study of more than 3,000 participants to be ineffective in reducing development of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in older people.
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On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
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A strange skin disease referred to as Morgellons has occurred in the southern United States and in California. Symptoms include slowly healing sores, joint pain, persistent fatigue, and a sensation of things crawling through the skin. Another symptom is strange-looking, threadlike extrusions coming out of the skin.
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If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
The nurse needs to note the source of the patient health history
Bird Smoking
Labeling of black cohosh: (b) back label with more health claims and FDA disclaimer
Review of Health and Illness over the Adult Years
Patient health history form.
Disease: Major environmental health problems