According to the FDA, adverse drug events harmed or killed approximately 1,200,000 people in the United States in the year 2015.
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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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Once thought to have neurofibromatosis, Joseph Merrick (also known as "the elephant man") is now, in retrospect, thought by clinical experts to have had Proteus syndrome. This endocrine disease causes continued and abnormal growth of the bones, muscles, skin, and so on and can become completely debilitating with severe deformities occurring anywhere on the body.
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In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
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Pubic lice (crabs) are usually spread through sexual contact. You cannot catch them by using a public toilet.
first day of my chemistry class.. this is what the teacher had to say
