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Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.
Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
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.
Women are two-thirds more likely than men to develop irritable bowel syndrome. This may be attributable to hormonal changes related to their menstrual cycles.
The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
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