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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.
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When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
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Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
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According to the CDC, approximately 31.7% of the U.S. population has high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or "bad cholesterol" levels.
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Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.