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The longest a person has survived after a heart transplant is 24 years.
Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
Addicts to opiates often avoid treatment because they are afraid of withdrawal. Though unpleasant, with proper management, withdrawal is rarely fatal and passes relatively quickly.
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.