Take the FDA consumer quiz

FDA Consumer, Sept-Oct, 2004

Are breast implants a safe and effective way to enhance your appearance? Will cancer, vaccines someday replace chemotherapy and other treatments in the war against cancer? How prevalent is the skin disease psoriasis, and is it fatal? To find out how much god know about these and other health-related topics, take our quiz.

Hint: The answers to all of these questions can be found in the September-October 2004 issue Of FDA Consumer and at the bottom of this page. Good luck/

1. What percentage of U.S. adults with cancer participates in clinical trials?

a. less than 3 percent

b. 25 percent

c. 10 percent

d. 50 percent

2. About how many cancer vaccines are being studied in advanced clinical trials?

a. none

b. 5

c. 12

d. 25

3. How long have researchers been working to develop a cancer vaccine?

a. for the last 5 years

b. for the last 10 years

c. for the last 50 years

d. for more than 100 years

4. Psoriasis most often strikes people between the ages of:

a. 6 and 10

b. 15 and 35

c. 35 and 55

d. 55 and 70

5. How many new cases of psoriasis are diagnosed each year in the United States?

a. nearly 10 million

b. between 150,000 and 260,000

c. 1 million

d. 500,000

6. A health complication that occurs in about 15 percent of people with psoriasis is:

a. arthritis

b. asthma

c. glaucoma

d. lupus

7. 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?

a. nearly 70

b. about 100

c. 300

d. nearly 500

8. Symptoms of foodborne illness from drinking unpasteurized milk may include:

a. diarrhea, stomach cramps, fever

b. headache, vomiting, exhaustion

c. kidney failure

d. miscarriage

e. all of the above

9. Medicinal leeches are raised in:

a. swamps

b. controlled basins and laboratories in certified facilities

e. lakes and rivers

d. special mud

10. Buying prescription drugs online from unknown foreign sources is:

a. safe in some cases

b. risky business

e. safe in all cases

d. a good way to save money on prescription drugs

Answers 1. a, 2. c, 3. d, 4. b, 5. b, 6. a, 7. d, 8. e, 9. b, 10. b