Answers to the FDA Consumer Quiz
- What percentage of U.S. adults with cancer participates in clinical trials? (a.) less than 3 percent
- About how many cancer vaccines are being studied in advanced clinical trials? (c.) 12
- How long have researchers been working to develop a cancer vaccine? (d.) for more than 100 years
- Psoriasis most often strikes people between the ages of: (b.) 15 and 35
- How many new cases of psoriasis are diagnosed each year in the United States? (b.) between 150,000 and 260,000
- A health complication that occurs in about 15 percent of people with psoriasis is: (a.) arthritis
- How many people in the United States got sick from drinking unpasteurized milk or eating cheese from unpasteurized milk in the years 2001 and 2002? (d.) nearly 500
- Breast implants were first marketed in: (c.) the 1960s
- Medicinal leeches are raised in: (b.) controlled basins and laboratories in certified facilities
- According to the FDA, buying prescription drugs online from unknown foreign sources is: (b.) risky business
Scoring
9 to 10 points: Excellent! Go to the head of the class.
6 to 8 points: Not too bad. You can skip cleaning the chalkboard erasers today.
5 points and below: Oops! Stay after school and reread the appropriate chapters.
