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Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
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.
Children with strabismus (crossed eyes) can be treated. They are not able to outgrow this condition on their own, but with help, it can be more easily corrected at a younger age. It is important for infants to have eye examinations as early as possible in their development and then another at age 2 years.