Did you know?
About 60% of newborn infants in the United States are jaundiced; that is, they look yellow. Kernicterus is a form of brain damage caused by excessive jaundice. When babies begin to be affected by excessive jaundice and begin to have brain damage, they become excessively lethargic.
Did you know?
Drug abusers experience the following scenario: The pleasure given by their drug (or drugs) of choice is so strong that it is difficult to eradicate even after years of staying away from the substances involved. Certain triggers may cause a drug abuser to relapse. Research shows that long-term drug abuse results in significant changes in brain function that persist long after an individual stops using drugs. It is most important to realize that the same is true of not just illegal substances but alcohol and tobacco as well.
Did you know?
There used to be a metric calendar, as well as metric clocks. The metric calendar, or "French Republican Calendar" divided the year into 12 months, but each month was divided into three 10-day weeks. Each day had 10 decimal hours. Each hour had 100 decimal minutes. Due to lack of popularity, the metric clocks and calendars were ended in 1795, three years after they had been first marketed.
Did you know?
On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.
Did you know?
Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
The Black Death spread over much of Europe in a three-year period in the middle of the fourteenth ce
Effects of Therapy for Stuttering A functional MRI scan shows regions of the superior temporal lobe
From 1965 to 1968, American troops in Vietnam conducted “search and destroy” missions to shatter ...
Parenting Styles Reported by a Representative Sample of American Adolescents
CT imaging of glioblastoma in a 6-year-old girl.
Sam and Jen had a tax liability of 5,115 last year. They were entitled to tax credits of 112 ...