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The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.
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.
Pubic lice (crabs) are usually spread through sexual contact. You cannot catch them by using a public toilet.
The National Institutes of Health have supported research into acupuncture. This has shown that acupuncture significantly reduced pain associated with osteoarthritis of the knee, when used as a complement to conventional therapies.
Drying your hands with a paper towel will reduce the bacterial count on your hands by 45–60%.