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More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
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.
Your heart beats over 36 million times a year.
People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.