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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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About 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.
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There are over 65,000 known species of protozoa. About 10,000 species are parasitic.
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Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
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In 1886, William Bates reported on the discovery of a substance produced by the adrenal gland that turned out to be epinephrine (adrenaline). In 1904, this drug was first artificially synthesized by Friedrich Stolz.