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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.
More than nineteen million Americans carry the factor V gene that causes blood clots, pulmonary embolism, and heart disease.
On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.
There are 20 feet of blood vessels in each square inch of human skin.
It is widely believed that giving a daily oral dose of aspirin to heart attack patients improves their chances of survival because the aspirin blocks the formation of new blood clots.