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Did you know?
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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In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
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Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.
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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").
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Russia has the highest death rate from cardiovascular disease followed by the Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, and Poland.