In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
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The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
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More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
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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.
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Though the United States has largely rejected the metric system, it is used for currency, as in 100 pennies = 1 dollar. Previously, the British currency system was used, with measurements such as 12 pence to the shilling, and 20 shillings to the pound.
