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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.
More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
Despite claims by manufacturers, the supplement known as Ginkgo biloba was shown in a study of more than 3,000 participants to be ineffective in reducing development of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in older people.
There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.