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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.
Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.
The heart is located in the center of the chest, with part of it tipped slightly so that it taps against the left side of the chest.
The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.
Persons who overdose with cardiac glycosides have a better chance of overall survival if they can survive the first 24 hours after the overdose.