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.
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People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
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The average office desk has 400 times more bacteria on it than a toilet.
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Malaria was not eliminated in the United States until 1951. The term eliminated means that no new cases arise in a country for 3 years.
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More than nineteen million Americans carry the factor V gene that causes blood clots, pulmonary embolism, and heart disease.