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Eat fiber! A diet high in fiber can help lower cholesterol levels by as much as 10%.
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.
In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
Recent studies have shown that the number of medication errors increases in relation to the number of orders that are verified per pharmacist, per work shift.