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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
People with high total cholesterol have about two times the risk for heart disease as people with ideal levels.
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.
Approximately 70% of expectant mothers report experiencing some symptoms of morning sickness during the first trimester of pregnancy.
In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.