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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.
Medications that are definitely not safe to take when breastfeeding include radioactive drugs, antimetabolites, some cancer (chemotherapy) agents, bromocriptine, ergotamine, methotrexate, and cyclosporine.
About 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.
The average human gut is home to perhaps 500 to 1,000 different species of bacteria.
Approximately 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.