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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.
Earwax has antimicrobial properties that reduce the viability of bacteria and fungus in the human ear.
Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
By definition, when a medication is administered intravenously, its bioavailability is 100%.
The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.