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More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.
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.
Increased intake of vitamin D has been shown to reduce fractures up to 25% in older people.
Amoebae are the simplest type of protozoans, and are characterized by a feeding and dividing trophozoite stage that moves by temporary extensions called pseudopodia or false feet.
If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.