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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Addicts to opiates often avoid treatment because they are afraid of withdrawal. Though unpleasant, with proper management, withdrawal is rarely fatal and passes relatively quickly.
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There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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Pubic lice (crabs) are usually spread through sexual contact. You cannot catch them by using a public toilet.
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More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
Amphibian development in the wood frog (Rana sylvatica)