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Cytomegalovirus affects nearly the same amount of newborns every year as Down syndrome.
People with alcoholism are at a much greater risk of malnutrition than are other people and usually exhibit low levels of most vitamins (especially folic acid). This is because alcohol often takes the place of 50% of their daily intake of calories, with little nutritional value contained in it.
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.
There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.